MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Theatre: A memorable trip
Long Day’s Journey into Night makes its mark on GORDON PARSONS
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Bristol Old Vic
4/5
EUGENE O’NEILL left instructions that his painfully autobiographical domestic drama, written in “tears and blood,” should not be published until 25 years after his death and never be produced on stage.
Thankfully, his widow countermanded his wishes and gave the world the modern equivalent of that other epic family drama, King Lear.
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