______ 14 September 2026 ______ 4 1/2 **** ______ Listening to the lines of Blithe Spirit for the first time in a while, it is difficult not admire the writing of Noel Coward. Sharp, smart and impeccably crafted. To write a play in just six days is a huge achievement and when they turn out […]
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______ 7 September 2026 ______ 4 ½ **** ______ First performed in the late 1940’s, September Tide is set in familiar du Maurier territory – the Cornish coastline – and tells of Stella Martyn, a wistful, charming and beautiful widow who lives alone but has her admirers. When her newly married daughter, Cherry, arrives home
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______ 31 August 2026 ______ 5***** ______ When the first production of Loot hit the stage in Cambridge in 1964, it had already been decimated by the Lord Chamberlain’s censorship pen and, with a cast including Kenneth Williams and Geraldine McEwan, it was a disaster. Orton took it so much to heart that he threatened
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