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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Moving song of a loner who’s divorced from himself
Dennis Poole reviews Song from Faraway, Young Vic Theatre, London SE1
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
4/5
THE PROLIFIC Simon Stephens’s latest offering tells the story of New York-based Dutch banker Willem who, on his brother Pauli’s demise, returns to Amsterdam to be with his family and to attend the funeral.
Shunning the parental home he opts for an impersonal hotel room where, over the course of seven days, he composes a series of letters to his dead brother.
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