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Athol Fugard’s portrait of himself as a lonely, arrogant, volatile, inherently racist teenager

Robert Tanitch reviews ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys at National Theatre/Lyttelton Athol Fugard has said that ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys is probably the most intensely personal thing he has ever wr ...

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Alex Jennings and Lindsay spar in a new political play

Robert Tanitch reviews Hansard at National Theatre/Lyttelton The National Theatre advertises actor Simon Woods’ debut play as a witty and devastating portrait of the governing classes. Hansard is a ve ...

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Coming to terms with Australian history

Robert Tanitch reviews The Secret River at National Theatre/Olivier The Secret River, Kate Grenville’s best-selling novel, written in 2005, has been adapted for the stage by Andrew Bovell. Neil Armfie ...

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Life is a terrible price to pay for birth

Robert Tanitch reviews Peter Gynt at National Theatre/Olivier, London When the 39-year-old Henrik Ibsen wrote Peer Gynt in 1867 he thought of it as a long dramatic poem and never thought it would be s ...

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