2021 ROUND-UP OF BOOKS by Robert Tanitch
ART & HISTORY WILLIAM MORRIS edited by Anna Mason (Thames & Hudson / V&A) William Morris (1834-1896), poet, socialist, writer, manufacturer, designer, pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Moveme ...
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Robert Tanitch reviews Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
The Nutcracker! has long been a Christmas favourite, the ideal treat for little girls. It was not always so. The premiere in 1892 was badly received by the critics who disapproved of Tchaikovsky wasti ...
Robert Tanitch reviews Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus at Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, London
Alan Bennett’s comedy, which premiered in 1973 with Alec Guinness in the lead role, is described as “a filthy farce for a less enlightened age” and it is quite unlike anything else he has written. The ...
Robert Tanitch reviews Cabaret at The Playhouse in London
Willkommen. Bienvenu. Life is a cabaret, old chum. The Playhouse has been transformed into The Kit Kat Club, the Berlin transvestite nightclub, with audiences in the stalls sitting at cafe tables. Sal ...