THEATRE
October 2009
Seventy years after the start of the Second World War, two pre-war plays still resonate
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September 2009
Two contrasting productions of Shakespeare prove that the plays can still be made to work for us
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July/August 2009
The London stage is both winner and loser from super-celebrity casting
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June 2009
Ronald Harwood's plays tackle the thorny issue of great artists accused of collaborating with the Nazis
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