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MARY CONWAY feels the contemporary resonance of a new play set amid the manic and self-destructive patriotism of the McCarthy era
Jasmine Blackorow (Miss Bauer) and Michael Aloni (Art) in David Edgar's Here is America
[Manuel Harlan]
LEO BOIX reviews a novel where shadows deceive and mortality looms, and a poetry collection that refuses to dim
ROBIN STYLES welcomes a boundary pushing work of fiction exploring the life and ideas of the godmother of modernism
PAUL DONOVAN recommends an energetic adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel, that emphasises how psychiatry is a tool in the hands of a racist agenda
ED WAUGH introduces a special event to commemorate the centenary of the 1926 General Strike
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Here in America
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
“WHY should I see this play? And why now?” These are common questions asked by discerning audiences.
David Edgar’s new play at the Orange Tree answers with its title, for this is a play exemplifying contemporary America.
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