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Man and Superman review

22/02/2015 by Peter Viney

Review of Bernard Shaw’s Man & Superman, at the National Theatre with Ralph Fiennes and Indira Vharma. A long review of a long play. Unknown

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Matinees

18/02/2015 by Peter Viney

A  piece on theatre matinees (LINKED) added to the RANTS section (rather than Stage). Do actors shortchange matinee audiences? Comments invited!

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The Beach Boys

18/02/2015 by Peter Viney

A collaborative article on The Beach Boys by David Lewis, Rob Morgan & Peter Viney is now up at the Toppermost website. Please comment there if moved!

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Stage section

18/02/2015 by Peter Viney

The Stage section, see the button in the Top Menu, has been re-indexed to put the plays into categories in alphabetical order (in addition to the right sidebar listing). So Shakespeare, Elizabethan & Jacobean, 17th / 18th / 19th centuries, Late 19th / Early 20th centuries, Modern (post Godot) and Dance Theatre / Circus are now the groupings. Hopefully this will improve navigation.

The cartoon is from Private Eye, February 2014

Shakespeare cartoon

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Arcadia review

14/02/2015 by Peter Viney

Review of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard added, at Bath Theatre Royal. This play is acclaimed as “one of the greatest 20th century plays.” In a rare negative review, I would give this production three stars out of five, and that’s generous! To me it’s a wordy radio play, masquerading as a drama. Genuine-emotion---Robert--008

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My Night With Reg

13/02/2015 by Peter Viney

Review of the acclaimed comedy My Night With Reg by Kevin Elyot added. This 1994 play was revived in 2014 and has transferred to London’s West End. Geoffrey Streatfeild (Daniel), Jonathan Broadbent (Guy) and Julian Ovenden (John) in My Night With Reg. Photo by Johan Persson..jpg

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Selma review

09/02/2015 by Peter Viney

Review of the film Selma (linked), about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights marches of 1965. An important film.

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The Shoemaker’s Holiday review

05/02/2015 by Peter Viney

Review of The Shoemaker’s Holiday by Thomas Dekker, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon. A rollicking play from 1599 with a surprising anti-war theme, playing in its day just down the road from Shakespeare’s Henry V. They’re opposite in attitude. Shoemaker flier

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Shadows in The Night review

02/02/2015 by Peter Viney

I don’t usually review albums (because I buy too many – I’d never find time for anything else) but I’m making an exception with Bob Dylan’s Shadows In The Night.

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The Merchant of Venice, Almeida review

01/02/2015 by Peter Viney

Review of The Merchant of Venice in Rupert Goold’s Almeida Theatre production. This is high-concept Shakespeare set in a Las Vegas casino with an Elvis impersonator as Lancelot Gobbo, and a TV dating show to choose Portia’s suitors. Non-stop entertainment. Portia and Nerissa (illustrated) are Texan.

King Charles III

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