Paula’s Picks and Pans – Dec 11th 2013
THEATRE – NOW PLAYING (5 STAR RATING SYSTEM)
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Theatre Review – David Storey’s Home
David Storey is problematic. There are many scholars who regard him as a great playwright, one who really understands the tenor of his times. And then there are others who find him limited. The one truism is that Storey is not easy. Home, which he wrote in 1970, is a metaphor for post-war England. His […]
Theatre Review –Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You
As a writing team, George F. Kaufman and Moss Hart really understood the tenor of the times. In 1936, deep in the Great Depression, they opened You Can’t Take It With You as a balm for hard times. At the heart is the seemingly eccentric Sycamore family who live by Grandpa’s motto of only doing […]