Tag: Oliver Cotton

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Review: Richard III, The Wars of the Roses at the Rose Theatre Kingston

“Every tale condemns me for a villain” Undoubtedly the best known of the constituent plays of The…

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Review: Edward IV, The Wars of the Roses at the Rose Theatre Kingston

“Work thou the way – and thou shalt execute” Edward IV was my favourite of the three…

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Review: Henry VI, The Wars of the Roses at the Rose Theatre Kingston

“Between the red rose and the white  A thousand souls to death and deadly night” Of the…

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TV Review: Penny Dreadful Season 1

“Do you believe that there is a demi-monde?”   It is hard to credit that the first…

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Review: Daytona, Theatre Royal Haymarket

“I’m a joke and you know everything” The arrival of a new play in the West End…

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Review: National Theatre – Fifty Years on Stage

“We’ve got two hours to show the vast range of work the National has done over the…

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Review: Passion Play, Duke of York’s

“That’s what men want to hear…pornography” The trio of recent major Peter Nicholls revivals is completed with…

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TV Review: Ripper Street Series 1

“Whitechapel calls you back” Victorian crime procedural Ripper Street burst onto our screens at the beginning of…

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Review: Barefoot in the Park, Richmond Theatre

“Take care of him, make him feel important, then you’ll have a wonderful marriage – like two…