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BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
Hobson’s Choice
Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2
4/5
MARTIN SHAW seems to be making a habit of playing stage roles familiar from films of the past.
A few years ago, he played the lead role in Twelve Angry Men and now he is taking on the character of Henry Hobson, memorably played by Charles Laughton in David Lean’s 1954 film of Hobson’s Choice.
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