Sam Mendes commissioned Jack Thorne to write a play about John Gielgud directing Richard Burton in Hamlet on Broadway in 1964. Thorne took his inspiration from two books by actors who had been in the ...
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“If you write a play with a strong female role,” said Tennessee Williams, “it is likely to surface repeatedly since female stars of a certain age have a rough time finding vehicles s ...
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Gabriel Byrne’s one man show, written and performed by him, is an adaptation of his best-selling memoir, which was published in 2021. His performance, open and sincere, funny and sad, is a meditation ...
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Robert Tanitch’s Round-Up of Books No 3 (2020) TOM STOPPARD A Life by Hermione Lee (Faber). Anybody who has enjoyed Stoppard’s plays will want to read Hermione Lee’s lengthy and astute biography. Ther ...
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