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References in the round
I appreciate that conversations at my dinner table may currently be far removed from most people’s everyday experience. With two children fascinated by religion, philosophy as well as drama, and English literature A-levels and science GCSEs on the go simultaneously, our evening conversations regularly involve debates on the god argument interwoven with circle theorems and…
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Womanhood rather than woman
Mary Page observes that preparing someone’s taxes is more intriguing than it might seem, as it enables you to construct a vivid portrait from little more than a shoebox of receipts—and this is precisely what the play compels the audience to do. The play traces the life of Mary Page Marlowe’s from birth to near…
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Darn it, I’ve been sleeping with my mum
This is an OK performance and it is highly likely that had I not seen the Wyndham production late last year, my assessment of it would be less harsh. But this rendition pales in comparison and as much as I had been looking forward to seeing Malik and Varma on stage, I cannot pretend that…
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Who is meant to be the victim?
I want to like this play, I really do. It draws on the reality of what we have seen happen – the harassment female MPs have been subjected to, most recently Rosie Duffield forced to withdraw from hustings. It even appears to have some predicative powers, with the character of the police officer selling photographs…
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