The actor, comedian and raconteur, who would have turned 100 on Sunday, could play humble or haughty, cheeky or Chekhov – but always stole the show
When standup comic Tom Allen received Attitude magaz…
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Lynley review – consider it the ultimate undemanding telly ⊕
Sex tapes, pottery shards, a man biffed over the head on his private island … this crime drama based on Elizabeth George’s hit novels fires off every Chekhov’s gun imaginable. Plus it has an unusuall…
3 months ago
‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: how newly translated stories reveal Chekhov’s silly side ⊕
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With daft jokes and experimental wordplay, the first comprehensive translations of his lesser-known stories show Anton Chekhov in a new light
Few writers are as universally admired as Chekhov. As Book…
4 months ago
Star Trek’s Chris Pine to make London theatre debut in Ivanov next summer ⊕
The Hollywood actor will star in a new version of the Chekhov classic by writer-director Simon Stone at the Bridge theatre from July
Star Trek’s Chris Pine will boldly go to the Bridge next summer but…
6 months ago
‘We can hear their saliva’: why are so many actors suddenly using microphones? ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
From Greek tragedy to Chekhov to Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia, handheld mics are everywhere on stage right now. Is this a thrilling innovation – or a pointless fad?
Wig, robes and moves like Jagger. Ro…
10 months ago
The Stolen Girl review – you will forget this enjoyably preposterous thriller within five seconds of finishing it ○
Is this fast paced drama – featuring Holliday Grainger and Ambika Mod - about a kidnapped child enjoyably daft or just nonsense? Luckily, it has enough chutzpah and style to mean you don't ask too ma…
12 months ago
Cate Blanchett: ‘I think you can smell when something is cynical’ ○
The actor is teaming up with old friend Thomas Ostermeier for a bold new take on Chekhov. The pair discuss censorship, risk-taking, the far right, and ask: are celeb-led plays ruining the West End?
Th…
The South by Tash Aw review – an intimate epic begins ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Two boys on the brink of adulthood in 1990s Malaysia, in the opening volume of a Proustian quartet
Picture a farm that has been in a family for generations and can no longer be made to pay; there’s an…
Niall Williams: ‘When I first read Chekhov, I thought: “He’s not so great”’ ○
The Irish author on Enid Blyton at bedtimes, discovering Dickens, and the brilliance of Edna O’Brien
My earliest reading memory
I am sitting at the kitchen table at home in Dublin. I am home from sch…
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