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Category Archives: Plays

The Habit of Art

Thu, Oct 2018

The Habit of Art by Alan Bennett is set in the present (it was written in 2009) during a small …

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Breaking silence

Sat, Mar 2018

March has been a month of tail-chasing here at Temple Towers, hence the radio- or, rather, blog- silence. Participation in …

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The Murderer

Tue, Jul 2017

With apologies to my non-Facebook friends for a late posting … Saw The Murderer on Saturday. It’s a play based on a …

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Sex and death and the mind of a murderer

Fri, May 2017

Christie in Love is advertised as a “horrifyingly comic take on one of the most notorious murder trials in British history“. …

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Dear Brutus

Thu, Apr 2017

English country house. Random guests. Midsummer’s Eve. Mysterious host. Even more mysterious pop-up wood. What could possibly go wrong? I’ve …

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Imaginary forces

Sat, Apr 2017

Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V  (1989) was a thoughtful and welcome Christmas present from G (my filmic friend). The plan was to view …

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Vive la difference?

Sat, Sep 2016

Getting ready to review a new stage version of A Tale of Two Cities the other day set me wondering about how …

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Testing times

Tue, May 2016

“Do you know as much as a 7-year old?” was one of this morning’s headlines. Two (very stressful) sample SATs …

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Aside

The Herbal Bed

Fri, Apr 2016

The Herbal Bed – The Secret Life of Shakespeare’s Daughter is the slightly over-titled play by Peter Whelan currently showing at …

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Play for today

Fri, Nov 2015

There’s an old saying that “Water and fire are good servants but bad masters”. Well there’s not much fire in The …

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