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Power must be taken. It’s never given

Power must be taken. It’s never given

Robert Tanitch reviews The Confessions of Gordon Brown at Ambassadors, London WC2 This is the story of the most successful Chancellor of the Exchequer in British history who longed to be Prime Ministe ...
A Rod Stewart extravaganza in Sheffield

A Rod Stewart extravaganza in Sheffield

TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT SHEFFIELD LYCEUM It’s unlikely Ben Elton scratched his head many minutes before coming up with the flimsy storyline that serves to showcase a couple of dozen Rod Stewar ...
Brotherly love in Hampstead

Brotherly love in Hampstead

Robert Tanitch reviews In the Vale of Health at Hampstead Theatre, London NW3. In the Vale of Health is the collective title for four plays by Simon Gray about two brothers, whose home is in the Hamps ...
Johnny didn’t come marching home

Johnny didn’t come marching home

Robert Tanitch reviews Johnny Got His Gun at Southwark Playhouse, London SE1 Dalton Trumbo took the title of his novel from the recruiting advert, Johnny Get Your Gun, a call to arms, dating from the ...