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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
Theatre: A Taste Of Honey
Shelagh Delaney’s bitter-sweet chronicle of northern working-class life in the 1950s is given an excellent revival at the National Theatre, says INDIE PURCELL
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
A Taste Of Honey
National Theatre, London SE1
5 Stars
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MARY CONWAY applauds the timely revival of Miller’s study of people fatally deformed by the economics of survival
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GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship