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‘It’s a disaster’: theatre giants draw battle lines over ‘Jewface’

A debate over the casting of non-Jews in Jewish roles has hit centre stage

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‘It’s a disaster’: theatre giants draw battle lines over ‘Jewface’

The year that theatre came back

The year that theatre came back

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Theatre review: Best of Enemies

Theatre review: Best of Enemies

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Theatre review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Theatre review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

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Theatre review: The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage

Theatre review: The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage

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Theatre review: The Comedy of Errors

Theatre review: The Comedy of Errors

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Sondheim was refined as gold, a brooding lynx

Maureen Lipman

By Maureen Lipman

Sondheim was refined as gold, a brooding lynx

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Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

The composer and lyricist was matchless in his invention and peerless in his field

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November 27, 2021 13:14

Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

Theatre review: The Wife of Willesden

John Nathan loves Zadie Smith's up-dated version of a Canterbury Tale

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November 25, 2021 12:13

Theatre review: The Wife of Willesden

EXCLUSIVE: Theatre at centre of antisemitism storm showed map erasing Israel

Royal Court Theatre apologised earlier this month for using a Jewish stereotype in a play

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November 25, 2021 12:10

EXCLUSIVE: Theatre at centre of antisemitism storm showed map erasing Israel

Review: A Companion to British-Jewish Theatre Since the 1950s

An abundance of errors makes this hugely disappointing book a real missed opportunity

By David Herman

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November 22, 2021 14:52

10th December 1956: Australian dancer, choreographer and actor Robert Helpmann as Shylock and British actress Barbara Jefford as Pertia in a production of Shakespeare's 'The Merchant Of Venice' at the Old Vic theatre, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Theatre review: Rare Earth Mettle

A storm of protest over antisemitism caused a last minute name change for a billionaire character. But how was the play itself?

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November 21, 2021 08:01

Theatre review: Rare Earth Mettle

Theatre review: The Ocean at the End  of the Lane

A thrilling adaptation comes to the West End at last

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November 21, 2021 07:34

Theatre review: The Ocean at the End  of the Lane

Revealed: theatre behind an ‘antisemitic’ play got race training from Israel boycotter

Shoomi Chowdhury backed a 2014 call for Sainsbury's to boycott the Jewish state

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November 12, 2021 15:11

Revealed: theatre behind an ‘antisemitic’ play got race training from Israel boycotter

John Nathan

How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

No one at the theatre who read the play Rare Earth Mettle flagged the name ‘Hershel Fink’

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November 11, 2021 10:34

How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

Royal Court theatre apologises 'unreservedly' for giving billionaire character a Jewish name

Theatre says naming protagonist 'Hershel Fink' was a 'mistake'

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November 7, 2021 13:23

Royal Court theatre apologises 'unreservedly' for giving billionaire character a Jewish name

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