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3 days ago

What links champagne, Mozart and veal pie? The Saturday quiz ⊕⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

From the ‘Intransigents’ to Simple Comforts and Cookery Bible, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What began to tilt in 1178?
2 Which deep-sea fish attracts prey with a glowing lure called an…

18 days ago

Cannes film festival: Valeska Grisebach’s complex drama tracks an archaeologist whose mountain dig is interrupted by an old friend with rather dirtier hands

The digging up of the past – and the hiding…

29 days ago

Over his kaleidoscopic career, the great Shakespearean was a stalwart of the RSC, co-founded a ‘rock’n’roll’ theatre company and excelled at Chekhov and Pinter

Michael Pennington was what Richard II –…

3 months ago

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…

5 months ago

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…

6 months ago

‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: how newly translated stories reveal Chekhov’s silly side ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

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…

7 months ago

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…

10 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…

13 months ago

The Stolen Girl review – you will forget this enjoyably preposterous thriller within five seconds of finishing it ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

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…

15 months ago

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?

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