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Monday, November 21, 2011

Judgement Day, The Print Room by Alexandra Coghlan

There comes a point in a writer's life when he " it's usually a he " stops writing about life and starts writing about writing. With Ibsen this stage arrived in the self-reflexive rage and u…

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Salt, Root and Roe, Trafalgar Studios by Alexandra Coghlan

Many dramatists have taken their turn putting faces to Thoreau's lives of "quiet desperation". But the challenge in what Thoreau goes on to conclude " that it is therefore a mark of wisdom a…

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Friday, October 7, 2011

One For The Road/Victoria Station, Young Vic by Alexandra Coghlan

The short story is a virtuoso form " the guest at the literary party who drops in for the merest of moments, scintillating and fascinating all before withdrawing with calculated aplomb, leav…

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Monday, September 19, 2011

St Matthew Passion, National Theatre by Alexandra Coghlan

It's not like we're short of operas. Thousands of works spanning over 400 years make up the western operatic repertoire. Of these maybe 100 get a regular airing in contemporary opera houses,…

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

A Dish of Tea With Dr Johnson, Arts Theatre by Alexandra Coghlan

It's not every evening one is invited to take A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson, and the 90 minutes spent in the company of England's greatest wit and original lexicographer pass in a whirl of a…

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