Play Furor Exposes Deep Rifts in Britain
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Since the cancellation of a contentious play in the face of violent religious protests, British theater has been grappling with questions about censorship, freedom and faith.
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The Shakespeare curriculum is shaken up after teachers have their say on which plays should be taught.
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London's avant-garde Shunt theater company is forging an uneasy alliance with the National Theater.
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In his big and brash new play  "Market Boy" at the National Theater, playwright David Eldridge  attempts to distill Britain's cruel and greedy Thatcher years  using the life and times of a London street market, but the  result is messy and unconvincing.
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The British government condemned racist taunts by fans in Spain aimed at black players on England&#39;s team during an exhibition game, and soccer&#39;s governing body ordered an investigation Thursday.
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New plays by Michael Murphy and John Patrick Shanley explore the reaction of church members to suspected sex abuse by priests.
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How an irreverent Internet news channel is shaking up British politics
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The British critic A A. Gill loves the English language but detests the English people.
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Incidents throw harsh light on a culture fed by talk radio and disrespect for authority.
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Three new plays explore disparate lives pushed together by music, strife, time, and friendship.
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TONY EASTLEY: There&#39;s a debate raging within the world of international soccer following last week&#39;s racist heckling by Spanish fans of black players in the English team.
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Rajiv Josephâs new play, about the overthrow of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan by the military in 1977, is so timely that daily headlines have made sick jokes of some of its lines.
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What Tony Blair disarmingly calls his &quot;damn high wire act&quot; is getting shakier. The bridge between Europe and the United States has become a frayed rope in a tug-of-war match.
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A spate of plays are examining both the political and human costs of the war in Iraq
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LONDON: The British minister under investigation for allegedly fast-tracking a visa for a former lover's nanny was at the centre of a new political storm yesterday over slurs on his government colleagues.
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A disgraced politician, a pair of once-imprisoned lords and a convicted game-show cheat went to the theater in London this week.
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The bitter infighting in Prime Minister Tony Blair's party over when he will quit Downing Street is reminiscent of the rancorous way Margaret Thatcher was forced out, knifed by her own side in 1990.