GORDON PARSONS is bowled over by a skilfully stripped down and powerfully relevant production of Hamlet
New seeds of protest
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STAYING in New York in the midst of a heatwave, where the smell of tarmac and weed shaped the air, isn’t necessarily my ideal set-up for a conference and music festival; but fate had other ideas.
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