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To Have and to Hold review: Ageing and alienation with lots of gags

Much feels true in this play's observation about the indignity of old age and the caustic humour of long marriages

By John Nathan

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To Have and to Hold review: Ageing and alienation with lots of gags

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 30: Anna Scher MBE poses with her Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) medal after an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on October 30, 2013 London, England. (Photo by Sean Dempsey - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Drama teacher Anna Scher, who launched careers of working class actors, dies age 78

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Exploring the emotional recovery of a Shoah survivor who lost father, brother and sister

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Backstairs Billy review: The Queen Mum's favourite

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Sunset Boulevard review: Doesn't matter if you've seen this show before, you have not seen it like this

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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royalty

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Frank and Percy review: Encounters of a limited nature

By John Nathan

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How the theatre is embracing my proud Jewish identity

When I landed a contract with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early 1990s, I was told to keep my heritage a secret

3 min read

September 28, 2023 10:53

2H8WDAT l-r: Angela Vale (Meg O'Malley), Emily Raymond (Meriel), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Joan Cope) in A JOVIAL CREW by Richard Brome at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England 21/04/1992 in a new version by Stephen Jeffreys design: Fotini Dimou lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell director: Max Stafford-Clark

The Jewish dramatist exploring the world of demons

Rachel Bellman's latest work delves into the very Jewish mythology of dybbuks, mazzikin and personalised good and bad angels

By Nicole Lampert

4 min read

September 22, 2023 16:24

The Jewish dramatist exploring the world of demons

The Russian playwright speaking out against Putin in the shadow of the Shoah

Dmitry Glukhovsky new drama examines the moral compromises some people make with evil regimes

By John Nathan

5 min read

September 22, 2023 09:53

The Russian playwright speaking out against Putin in the shadow of the Shoah

The White Factory review: An important addition to the Shoah canon

Dmitry Ghlukhovsky’s new play investigates how good people can be corrupted under relatively little pressure

By John Nathan

2 min read

September 21, 2023 15:06

The White Factory review: An important addition to the Shoah canon

Obituary: Tom Kempinski

Playwright who wrote his personal trauma into his two most successful plays

By Gloria Tessler

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September 21, 2023 11:51

God of Carnage review: Middle-class parents go to war

Art playwright Yasmina Reza's play centres on two couples on a spectacular collision course

By John Nathan

1 min read

September 15, 2023 09:03

God of Carnage review: Middle-class parents go to war

Farewell Mr Haffmann review: Dinner date with the Nazi ambassador

This could so easily have been a comedy of manners if there was a tweak to the setting

By John Nathan

1 min read

September 8, 2023 11:08

Farewell Mr Haffmann review: Dinner date with the Nazi ambassador

A Mirror review: A timely lesson on dictatorship

Sam Holcroft’s witty and inventive new play shines a vital light on authoritarian regimes

By John Nathan

2 min read

September 1, 2023 10:09

A Mirror review: A timely lesson on dictatorship

Next to Normal review: Great songs, shame about the writing

I cannot remember a show that was so annoyingly written yet so impressively performed as this production about the repercussions of a mother's manic depression

By John Nathan

2 min read

August 24, 2023 15:59

Next to Normal review: Great songs, shame about the writing

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To Have and to Hold review: Ageing and alienation with lots of gags

Drama teacher Anna Scher, who launched careers of working class actors, dies age 78

Exploring the emotional recovery of a Shoah survivor who lost father, brother and sister

Backstairs Billy review: The Queen Mum's favourite

Sunset Boulevard review: Doesn't matter if you've seen this show before, you have not seen it like this

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royalty

Frank and Percy review: Encounters of a limited nature

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