Briefs and Abstract Chronicles: C.J. Sansom’s Heartstone
“SHARDLAKE GOES TO WAR” declares the cover of Heartstone, the new C.J. Sansom novel. Thankfully, he doesn’t. I suspect C.J. …
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So Pure and Rational An Attachment: Women, Sex and the Duchess of Malfi on the Victorian Stage
The new issue of Victorian Network just came out, and it includes an article I wrote on the performance of …
Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
Doing the Reichenbach Falls as part of the Sherlock series? I love it. The idea is so self-indulgent, such a …
Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville
So, Sherlock takes on one of the classics. The Hound of the Baskervilles becomes The Hounds of Baskerville. Say what …
The Big Lad in The Checks: One Man Two Guvnors by Richard Bean, starring James Corden
Richard Bean (author of The English Game) and James Corden (co-writer and star of Gavin and Stacey), two guys with …
Wan Spectre: The Woman in White on stage
First of all, Wilkie Collins’ Victorian sensation novel The Woman in White is not the same as Susan Hill’s ghost …
Another Boleyn Girl: Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton, at Shakespeare’s Globe
Anne Boleyn’s had a lively time of it since her death. At the time of her execution she was rumoured …
The Most Modern Prometheus: Nick Dear’s Frankenstein, Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller
Nick Dear’s new adaptation of Frankenstein for the National Theatre was an extremely successful play before the show even opened. …
Flourishing in Midwinter: The Holly and the Ivy by Wynyard Browne
“Middle Ground Theatre Company”. The programme claims it’s a geographical description, but that there is a gift to a reviewer. …
Tittering To The Converted: The Reluctant Debutante
After last year’s successful revival of Lloyd George Knew My Father, the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre are now staging another William …
