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The blue devils of Tennessee Williams
Patrick O'Connor
Like many other seemingly neurotic artists, Williams had a stronger grip on himself than outsiders realized; meanwhile, his major plays show no sign of losing their grip on theatregoers |
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A gendered stage
Michael Caines
"Women representing women" changed English theatre during the later seventeenth century, and the she-tragedy became standard fare. After all, the fate of empires depended on the sexual virtue of their females. |
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Wholly tribal
Peter Parker
The BBC's Anthropology Season scrutinizes the lives of those who made careers out of scrutinizing others. |
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Years of the child
Bharat Tandon
Forest Whitaker's take on Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland shows how the dictator turned infantile sociopathy into a style of rule. |
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Émile Zola's pool of filth
An outstanding new production of Thérèse Raquin
shows a once passionate relationship burnt to worse than nothing. |
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Almodóvar's homecoming
Vincent Deary
After two uneasy films about men, Pedro Almodóvar has returned with palpable relief to the world of women. |
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A troubled Troilus
Eric Griffiths
A disappointing new production of Troilus and Cressida misunderstands, among other things, the internecine nature of the strife, inexplicably pitting its protagonists in separate micro-climates. |
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Showbiz trials
James M. Murphy
A stage retelling of the Watergate aftermath is full of deft portrayals and satisfying resolution. |
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