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Antony & Cleopatra RSC 2013

17/11/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of the RSC production of Antony & Cleopatra, set in Haiti in the Napoleonic era added.

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Glenn Tilbrook

17/11/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Glenn Tilbrook (with Leslie Mendelson in support) added to concert reviews.

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King Lear Frank Langella

10/11/2013 by Peter Viney

Review added of Frank Langella as King Lear at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre. A “classic” presentation of Shakespeare with a towering central performance.

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The Recruiting Officer

07/11/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of George Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer in the Salisbury Playhouse production. (LINKED)
I saw it again a week later so there are updates after the second viewing.

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Link to Frankenstein in the NT Encore presentation with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. I’m never sure whether National Theatre Encore / Live broadcasts should be stage or film. It’s under stage.

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The Full English

01/11/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of The Full English at The Stables in Milton Keynes added. (see LINK) The Full English has Fay Hield, Martin Simpson, Seth Lakeman, Nancy Kerr, Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron and Ben Nicholls, so a modern folk supergroup in one of the best concerts of a very good year.

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People

31/10/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Alan Bennett’s “People” in the National Theatre touring production added. I’ve done more good reviews than bad, but this was a ham-acting production of a dire play.

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ERF Award

29/10/2013 by Peter Viney

“The Case of The Dead Batsmen” in Garnet Oracle Readers was a finalist in the Extensive Reading Foundation Language Learner Literature Awards. Thanks to the illustrator Kay Dixey for a wonderful set of illustrations for this Sherlock Holmes story.