Monthly Archives: October 2016

Imogen is billed as William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline renamed and reclaimed. Bernard Shaw dismissed the play as “stagey trash of the lowest melodramatic order, abominably written, intellectually vulgar, foolish, offensive, indecent and exasperating beyond all tolerance.“ Cymbeline has never been popular … Continue reading →

Nobody who saw John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson in the original production of Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land by Peter Hall will ever forget it. Such was their joint success on both sides of the Atlantic that nobody in England … Continue reading →

The RSC is at the Barbican with two plays. Christopher Marlowe’s devilish exercise in blasphemy and necromancy, a classic enactment of sin and damnation, premiered circa 1588 when audiences really did believe in demons and hell. But in this poor … Continue reading →

The RSC performance to see is Ben Jonson’s always topical Jacobean satire on avarice and lust. Three confidence tricksters (headed by the likable Ken Nwosu) join forces to fleece a galaxy of greedy, lustful and idiotically gullible victims who want … Continue reading →

David Baddeil in his a one-man show talks about his mother’s colourful sex life and his father’s dementia. His candour is breathtaking. Some people may feel he has crossed the line and said things which might have been best left … Continue reading →

Clapton Orient, the East London football club, was the first team to sign up its players, staff and supporters to fight in World War 1. The Greater Game, which has the support of The Royal British Legion and The Professional … Continue reading →