The plays by the great French writer Marivaux, famed for their wit and subtle psychological insights, deserve to be revived more often. The marivaudage (once, but no longer, a term of abuse) needs the ...
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When Nora Helmer walked out on her husband and their three children in 1879, slamming the door behind her, the sound reverberated round Europe, bringing Henrik Ibsen instant success and international ...
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Though Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is based on the notorious witchcraft trials in Salem in 1692, his powerful and chilling history play actually came out of his own experience of Senator Joe McCarthy ...
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Matthew Bourne’s multi-award-winning, auto-erotic dance-thriller, designed by Les Brotherston, which premiered in 2000, is re-imagined for The Royal Albert Hall, which is celebrating its 150th birthda ...
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