The Habit of Art
The Habit of Art by Alan Bennett is set in the present (it was written in 2009) during a small …
Category Archives: Plays
Breaking silence
March has been a month of tail-chasing here at Temple Towers, hence the radio- or, rather, blog- silence. Participation in …
The Murderer
With apologies to my non-Facebook friends for a late posting … Saw The Murderer on Saturday. It’s a play based on a …
Sex and death and the mind of a murderer
Christie in Love is advertised as a “horrifyingly comic take on one of the most notorious murder trials in British history“. …
Dear Brutus
English country house. Random guests. Midsummer’s Eve. Mysterious host. Even more mysterious pop-up wood. What could possibly go wrong? I’ve …
Imaginary forces
Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V (1989) was a thoughtful and welcome Christmas present from G (my filmic friend). The plan was to view …
Vive la difference?
Getting ready to review a new stage version of A Tale of Two Cities the other day set me wondering about how …
Testing times
“Do you know as much as a 7-year old?” was one of this morning’s headlines. Two (very stressful) sample SATs …
The Herbal Bed
The Herbal Bed – The Secret Life of Shakespeare’s Daughter is the slightly over-titled play by Peter Whelan currently showing at …
Play for today
There’s an old saying that “Water and fire are good servants but bad masters”. Well there’s not much fire in The …
