Kenneth Branagh as Archie Rice
Robert Tanitch reviews The Entertainer at Garrick Theatre, London WC2 What made John Osborne’s play so memorable at its premiere in 1959 was the unexpected casting of Laurence Olivier as Archie ...
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A BLONDE IN LOVE – the Czech film which established Miloš Forman’s reputation at home and abroad
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs. A BLONDE IN LOVE (Second Run). Life in Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s wasn’t much fun; and life in Zruc, a provincial town, was particularly bleak. Ther ...
Unknown Priestley play gets a pleasant revival
Robert Tanitch reviews Roundabout at Park Theatre, Finsbury, London N4. I am intrigued. A play by J B Priestley, which nobody has heard of, let alone seen, is announced. Priestley cannot have thought ...
Irina Kolesnikova sets Carmen in a refugee camp.
Robert Tanitch reviews Her name was Carmen at London Coliseum. The ballet is danced in support of international aid organisation Oxfam and their Stand As One campaign which calls on world leaders to k ...