On Theatre
Scares and spies
From ghostly thrills to Cold War chills
Booty and the green-eyed beast
What plays out as limpid tragedy on the page becomes trouser-dropping farce
Lashings of child-murder
Our reviewer enjoys two very different approaches to killing
An antic Dane and a lame Sloane
Two artistic directors are launching their first seasons at the South Bank
Malice in theatreland
How activist theatre undermines the arts
When Shakespeare met Marlowe
Born With Teeth is not so much serious drama as high-class fan fiction
Me and my gull
Seagull: True Story, Marylebone Theatre
Stereophonic hits all the right notes
Watch events unfold from behind the mixing desk
A hint of the mystical
Music has inspired two fine new productions
Lets hear it for Rattigan again
The consummate playwright of the obscure workings of the human heart
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