Mint Theatre Company in New York, under the artistic direction of Jonathan Bank, specialises in reviving plays from the past which have been lost or forgotten. Production values are high and, if I liv ...
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Handel was 24 years old when Agrippina premiered in Venice in 1710. The opera is a popular mixture of gorgeous music, political satire and bedroom farce; and it’s very, very funny. David McVicar’s mod ...
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (BBC iPlayer). The Hollywood 1940 Greer Garson-Laurence Olivier version is not for admirers of the novel. It doesn’t look like Jane Austen. It doesn’t feel like Jane Austen. It doe ...
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THE 39 STEPS (BBC iPlayer). I haven’t seen 39 Steps in years. Premiered in 1935, it holds up really well. It’s is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best thrillers, a perfect period spy story, fast-paced, susp ...
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