Tag Archives: Lyndsey Turner

Caryl Churchill’s dystopian drama is revived

Caryl Churchill’s dystopian drama is revived

Robert Tanitch reviews Far Away at Donmar Theatre, London WC2 Caryl Churchill’s fame began in the 1960’s with Cloud 9, Top Girls and Serious Money. Peter Brook has praised her ability “to penetrate in ...
Have things improved for women since the 1980s?

Have things improved for women since the 1980s?

Robert Tanitch reviews Top Girls at National Theatre/Lyttelton Caryl Churchill’s 1982 play about the price women pay for competing in a man’s world has always been grossly overrated. It is not, as has ...
The most eagerly-awaited Hamlet in years

The most eagerly-awaited Hamlet in years

Robert Tanitch reviews Hamlet at the BarbicanTheatre All the great actors have wanted to play Hamlet ever since Burbage played him at the Globe in 1601: Garrick, Kean, Macready, Booth, Irving, Bernhar ...