Eugene O’Neill’s debt to George Bernard Shaw
Ah Wilderness! takes place on the Fourth of July in what Eugene O’Neill calls in his first stage direction ‘a large small-town in Connecticut’. The play is not, as you … Continue reading
June 10, 2015 · Leave a comment
The Hairy Ape
Of all the plays I have never seen, The Hairy Ape is the one I remember best. I doubt if I ever will see it now and anyway some plays … Continue reading
January 21, 2015 · Leave a comment
A Reader’s Diary, 26 February 2014
Productions of Shakespeare are to directors as fashion shows are to designers. The pressure is on to do something different and get noticed. I saw a production of Othello earlier … Continue reading
February 26, 2014 · Leave a comment
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