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London Stage in the 20th Century

Posted on February 19, 2011 by markd

LONDON STAGE IN THE 20th CENTURY 330 pages. Lavishly illustrated chronicle covers all the major theatrical productions and performances of ten decades, year by year, day by day. A fascinating and witty record of the way popular and critical taste … Continue reading →

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THE CHILDREN’S HOUR Comedy Theatre

Posted on February 18, 2011 by markd

The reputations of two teachers are ruined and the boarding school they have founded is destroyed when one of their pupils falsely accuses them of being lovers. The girl’s grandmother alerts the other parents who withdraw their children. The teachers … Continue reading →

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CLYBOURNE PARK Wyndham’s Theatre

Posted on February 18, 2011 by markd

Bruce Norris’s award-winning American comedy has got its well-deserved transfer from the Royal Court to the West End. I enjoyed it even more the second time round. Clybourne Park, a fictional suburb of Chicago, is an all-black community. A white … Continue reading →

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BY JEEVES Landor Theatre

Posted on February 18, 2011 by markd

The Alan Ayckbourn/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical had a disastrous first night back in 1975 and barely ran five weeks. Now considerably revised, and wisely reduced in scale to fit into a tiny fringe theatre, it relies entirely on the silliness … Continue reading →

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London Stage in the Nineteenth Century

Posted on February 17, 2011 by markd

The book is an illustrated record decade by decade, year by year, of great actors, famous performances, major premieres, celebrated revivals, and spectacular productions.

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