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Ruth Walz, Berlin Theatre Photographer

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An Exhibit in the Berlin Museum of Photography. Dana Rufolo reflects.   I am grateful to Dr Ludger Derenthal, head

Theatre history 

Loudon Sainthill: A Retrospective

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Loudon Sainthill (1918-1969) was an Australian artist and designer who worked in London from 1949 to 1969. He designed both

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The Shakespeare Lady

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Robert Schneider on Margaret Holloway. 20 June 2020 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel tells us that certain lives have world-historical importance;

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John Truscott: A Retrospective by Denise Whitehouse

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Charismatic, brilliant, temperamental, a perfectionist workaholic and a man of impeccable taste, John Truscott occupies a preeminent place in Australian

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Riga Russian Theatre

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One might think that intercultural fusions in the Baltic state of Latvia are spurred by the country’s relatively recent adhesion

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Pamela Howard: Theatre designer

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Jeremy Malies makes regular visits returns to the small cathedral town of Chichester in West Sussex for this magazine. This

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Victoria and Albert Museum

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Jeremy Malies in South Kensington   Debate over the fate of the Theatre Museum at Covent Garden raged for many

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HG Matthews: An Appreciation

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Crysse Morrison A retrospective on my father, theatre critic HG Matthews (1893-1985) In 1962 when I was 18 my father

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Yelena Gremina: Letter from Marina Davydova of “Teatp”

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The translated editorial that Marina Davydova offered Plays International & Europe (PIE) needs to be put in context. Firstly, let

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ShakespeareSEE ALL

“King Lear” at Wyndham’s Theatre
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“King Lear” at Wyndham’s Theatre

Jeremy Malies in the West End 3 November 2023 Still occasionally exhilarated by memories of Sir Kenneth Branagh’s perfect Macbeth

“Othello” at Riverside Studios
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“Othello” at Riverside Studios

“As You Like It” at the Globe Theatre
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“As You Like It” at the Globe Theatre

“Macbeth”, Shakespeare’s Globe
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“Macbeth”, Shakespeare’s Globe

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“What Was Shakespeare Really Like?” by Stanley Wells
Book review 

“What Was Shakespeare Really Like?” by Stanley Wells

Book review by Dr Simon Jenner 3 December 2023   Now 93, pre-eminent Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells has recently written

“Theatre Spaces 1920-2020” by Iain Mackintosh
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“Theatre Spaces 1920-2020” by Iain Mackintosh

“My Shakespeare” by Greg Doran
Book review 

“My Shakespeare” by Greg Doran

“A Dictionary of Emotions in A Time of War – Twenty Short Works by Ukrainian Playwrights” edited by John Freedman
Book review 

“A Dictionary of Emotions in A Time of War – Twenty Short Works by Ukrainian Playwrights” edited by John Freedman

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Dana Rufolo in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, for the International Meetings at the Teatrul Național 2023
Festival Review 

Dana Rufolo in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, for the International Meetings at the Teatrul Național 2023

This year’s annual theatre festival in Cluj-Napoca was a showcase for several of the productions of the Teatrul Național –

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