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Losing sight
Undoubtedly, Inter Alia – where the main character, a high-powered judge, presides over numerous cases of men abusing women – is very much the sister play to Prima Facie. However, I experienced it less as a story about rape and the legal system, and more as one about the invisible labour and mental load borne…
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Too Much and Not Enough
A good play does not have to have a singular focus. In fact, one of my firm favourites, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, excels at intertwining storylines of the lovers’ tale, the fairy court, and the royal wedding, supplemented by the Mechanicals’ play. And it does not just work—it works brilliantly. But Shaan Sahota is a…
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Thank you for sticking to the script
I have not read ‘Grapes of Wrath.’ It is not on the list of school-mandated literature where I am from and reading ‘From Mice and Men’ put me off Steinbeck for life. I cried too hard, and the feeling of sadness haunted me for too long. I did not want to voluntarily subject myself to…
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A comic strip about history
I remember reading Midnight’s Children; I was very young and hell-bent on reading a book by the great Rushdie. So I did – but to the very end I felt that, whilst I might be understanding all the words, I am most certainly missing the plot. I was educated in Poland – India’s partition or…
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There is no method in ‘t
This is a play giving an insider glimpse into John Gielgud’s struggles to direct what became known as Richard Burton’s Hamlet. Despite the infamously fraught and alcohol-drenched process, the 1964 production was a massive financial success (the artistic success was less undisputed) and ran for 137 performances. You can enjoy a film record of the…
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