Mike Bartlett, a prolific playwright, is probably still best known for his witty King Charles III. His latest play is very didactic, taxing for actors and audience alike, and also hard work for the as ...
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Five compulsive gamblers – a down-market restauranteur, his son, his chef and two waiters – play poker in the basement each week. They are joined by a professional gambler, who is (unbeknown to them) ...
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The music, the lyrics, the book and the orchestrations are all by Dave Malloy. The book is based on 70 pages in Leo Tolstoy’s massive War and Peace, which he first read when he was 30 and thought a pe ...
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Russians, said Chekhov, are the funniest people on earth when they are being serious. He also said his play had turned out not to be a drama but a comedy and in places, even a farce. Often performed, ...
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