MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
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An engaging demystification of a woman of substance
A big hit in the ’90s, this garrulous story of literary agent Margaret ‘Peggy’ Ramsay has lost none of it’s old charm, writes MARY CONWAY
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JOHN GREEN relishes photography that unfolds a longstanding and poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production that panders – if inadvertently – to Western prejudice against China
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a history that excavates the enormous role played by agricultural workers in recent times
ALEX HALL recommends a book that places empirical evidence at the heart of understanding racism
Peggy For You
Hampstead Theatre
HAMPSTEAD Theatre concludes its recent programme of nostalgic revivals with one of its greatest hits: Peggy For You.
Originally presented by the theatre in 1999, the play is a fine-drawn portrait of literary agent Margaret (known intimately as Peggy) Ramsay whose quaint, quirky and consciously maverick style rendered her legendary in the folklore and fables of 20th-century British theatre.
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