“You can’t sentence a man to live.” “Why not? He deserves it!” There are times when absurdist satire becomes prolific due to control by an oppressive regime and there are times when the regime is successful in stamping out its influence, a case in point being Nikolai Erdman, an enormous Russian talent built belonging to […]
Tag Archives: New Theatre
November
25
Dying for It – Nikolai Erdman is remembered through Moira Biffini and New Theatre (Theatre Review)
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October
29
Hay Fever – Noel Coward, The New Theatre, and the joy of the Blisses. (Theatre Review)
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Theatre legend has it that Noel Coward’s Hay Fever, and Noel Coward himself, stopped being popular with the rise of play writes such as Harold Pinter in the 1950’s, largely because funny was not seen to equal deep or complex. And yet, after a revival of Hay Fever in the 1960’s (the play was written […]
August
25
Jerusalem – Helen Tonkin brings Jez Butterworth to lucky Sydney. (theatre review)
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And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic mills? Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my […]
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