The Seagull, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, 2015
First performed in 1896, The Seagull is Chekhov’s first masterpiece. It might be for this reason that the play exhibits all of his typical thematic qualities in a way that […]
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The Cherry Orchard, Young Vic, 2014
Following on from the soaring, sell-out productions of A View from the Bridge and A Streetcar Named Desire, expectations on the Young Vic’s production of The Cherry Orchard were inevitably high. It’s widely […]
Doris Lessing and the Artist’s Enduring Legacy
My first venture into Doris Lessing came only in April this year. The Grass is Singing, which had lingered in a bedroom floor pile since Christmas, seemed like an ideal […]
