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A millennial Couple decide to have a baby. Is now a good time to be having a baby?

Robert Tanitch reviews Lungs at The Old Vic, London SE1 Duncan Macmillan’s 85-minute two-hander, a comic-tragedy, is about sex and the environment; an unbroken conversation piece, spread over weeks, m ...

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Lucy Prebble’s new play is about the murder of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko

Robert Tanitch reviews A Very Expensive Poison at The Old Vic, London SE1 Lucy Prebble had a big success in 2009 with Enron, her satire on capitalism, brilliantly directed by Rupert Gold. The source f ...

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Andrew Scott is hilarious in Noel Coward comedy

Robert Tanitch reviews Present Laughter at The Old Vic, London SW1 Noël Coward admitted he wrote Present Laughter with the sensible object of providing himself with a bravura part. It was to have open ...

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All My Sons is one of the great plays of the 20th century

Robert Tanitch reviews All My Sons at The Old Vic, London SE1 All My Sons, premiered in 1947, was Arthur Miller’s first major success. Directed by Elia Kazan it ran for 238 performances. The sto ...

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