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Japanese masterpiece in its full version

Japanese masterpiece in its full version

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDS SEVEN SAMURAI (BFI). 16th century farmers engage itinerant samurai warriors to protect their village and livelihood from brutal bandits.  For many people in Brit ...
The curse of unhappy marriages

The curse of unhappy marriages

Robert Tanitch reviews The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith at Jermyn Street Theatre, London SW1 Arthur Wing Pinero (1855 -1934), who made his name with a series of popular farces, established himself as a seri ...
The Russian ballet is here with a UK premiere

The Russian ballet is here with a UK premiere

Robert Tanitch reviews Rodin at London Coliseum. The prolific Russian choreographer Boris Eifman’s psychological two-act ballet, Rodin, is about the life and work of the great French sculptor, Auguste ...
What the Dickens was Charles doing?

What the Dickens was Charles doing?

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (Lionsgate). Nelly Ternan, the young actress, was the inspiration for Estella in Great Expectations and secret mistress of Charles Dickens. H ...