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Tag Archives: The Old Vic
THEATRE REVIEW: Spacey, Goldblum in ‘Speed the Plow’
By Ray Bennett LONDON – David Mamet’s 20-year-old play “Speed-the-Plow,” which uses the ruthless setting of a Hollywood studio to explore male chicanery and misogyny, looks fresh and scintillating in Matthew Warchus’ new Old Vic production starring Kevin Spacey and … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Speed the Plow', David Mamet, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Spacey, Laura Michelle Kelly, Matthew Warchus, The Old Vic
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THEATRE REVIEW: ‘All About My Mother’ at The Old Vic
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Great movies become good remakes almost never, but Samuel Adamson’s inventive, funny and touching play “All About My Mother,” based on Pedro Almo-dovar’s Oscar-winning 1999 film, makes a strong case at the Old Vic that … Continue reading
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Tagged 'All About My Mother', Diana Rigg, Pedro Almodovar, Samuel Adamson, The Old Vic, Tom Cairns
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THEATRE REVIEW: Robert Lindsay in ‘The Entertainer’
By Ray Bennett LONDON – The shadow of Laurence Olivier’s performance as Archie Rice looms so large over John Osborne’s 1956 play “The Entertainer” that it’s almost surprising to rediscover what a sturdy piece of work it is. Robert Lindsay, … Continue reading
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Tagged 'The Entertainer', John Osborne, Laurence Olivier, Robert Lindsay, Sean Holmes, The Old Vic
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THEATRE REVIEW: Arthur Miller’s ‘Resurrection Blues’
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Still full of mischief after all these years, maverick director Robert Altman’s iconoclastic touch does wonders for Arthur Miller’s last play, “Resurrection Blues,” a clunky political satire that is having virtually its world premiere at … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Resurrection Blues', Arthur Miller, George Antoni, James Fox, Jane Adams, Matthew Modine, Maximilian Schell, Neve Campbell, Peter Brooke, Peter McDonald, Robert Altman, Sarah Mennell, The Old Vic
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THEATRE REVIEW: Kevin Spacey as ‘Richard II’
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Kevin Spacey brings his penetrating wit to the title role of Shakespeare’s “Richard II” at the Old Vic and helps director Trevor Nunn’s modern-dress production achieve a thoroughly modern relevance. Men in suits armed with … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Richard II', Ben Miles, Genevieve O'Reilly, Julian Glover, Kevin Spacey, Susan Tracy, The Old Vic, Trevor Nunn, William Shakespeare
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THEATRE REVIEW: Maria Goos’ ‘Cloaca’
By Ray Bennett LONDON – The first play that Kevin Spacey has chosen to direct in his first season as artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre Company is curiously flat and uninvolving. Dutch playwright Maria Goos’ story of four … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Cloaca', Adrian Lukis, Hugh Bonneville, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Kevin Spacey, Maria Goos, Neil Pearson, Stephen Tompkinson, The Old Vic
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THEATRE REVIEW: Ben Whishaw in Trevor Nunn’s ‘Hamlet’
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Trevor Nunn’s breathtaking new production of “Hamlet” sees the Danish prince as James Dean in “East of Eden,” an immature and deeply torn young man whose love for his father and conflicted feelings for his … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Hamlet', Ben Whishaw, Imogen Stubbs, Rory Kinnear, The Old Vic, Trevor Nunn, William Shakespeare
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