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Tag: Anton Chekhov

  • Aristocrats at the Donmar Warehouse review ****

    Aristocrats Donmar Warehouse, 20th September 2018 Brian Friel, like his own dramatist hero Chekhov, can take a bit of time to get going. Faith Healer, at this theatre a couple of years ago, exerted a vice like grip on me from the open, though that may have been because it…

  • Albion at the Almeida Theatre review ****

    Albion Almeida Theatre, 21st October 2017 Now we all know Mike Bartlett is a great writer. If you don’t know his stage work then, if you love your telly in the UK, you will likely have come across his mini-series Doctor Foster. So you will know that he can write…

  • The Cherry Orchard at Milton Court Theatre review ***

    The Cherry Orchard Milton Court Theatre, 17th October 2017 I have remarked before on the attractions of the Guildhall School final year productions. Lovely venue, clear interpretations which eschew directorial licence, and the chance to see some potential future stars of stage and screen. I must say these students are…

  • The Seagull at the Lyric Hammersmith review ***

    The Seagull Lyric Hammersmith, 9th October 2017 Right where I come from seagulls are a bloody menace. There are times when I feel the same way about Chekhov. You sit there thinking all his people are self-indulgent, lovelorn whingers who just need to lighten up and get a grip. But…