Putting a Still-Vexed Play in a Historical Context
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Shakespeare's most problematic play Â at least with respect to modern sensitivities Â receives an intelligent interpretation from Michael Radford and a superb cast.
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David Mamet's new play,  "November," might concern an American president, but it isn't  much in the way of decorousness. Indeed, in this comedy by the  author of such plays as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "American  Buffalo," there's more profane language on display in the Oval  Office than during the entirety of the Nixon administration.
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Staged photographs produce some class acts
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The new Nathan Lane play is strong on politics, light on entertainment
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: The cultural fascination with the middle ages rarely acknowledges that power is still won and abused in the same way
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It&#39;s a morality play as old as Ruth, Joe D. and the Mick. Who among the bit players has not come to the moment adrift in an ocean of clichÃ©s and platitudes: &quot;They pull their
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When watching Jay Sternâs digital video adaptation of the 1622 play âThe Changeling,â you have to imagine a more detailed world beyond the bare-bones visuals.
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While Leo Tolstoyâs play remains an intriguing curiosity, more interesting than good, it should be a must-see for students of Russian literature.
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In Stephen Massicotteâs excellent new play, T. E. Lawrence and Robert Graves are two veterans and it takes no leap of the imagination to translate their World War I experiences into stories from todayâs newspaper.
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The stiff historical epic tries to recreate the famous Queen as a modern figure, without much success
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A play by Sophocles from the fifth century B.C. has lessons for todayâs medical students.
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If ever a play required a reading list, Tom Stoppard's ÂCoast of Utopia" is it. So letÂs get started.
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Brian Springerâs bizarre documentary âThe Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulityâ is, among many things, a treatise on how history is passed along.
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Good, bad or indifferent, one-act plays have been flooding the city's stages.
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In Stephen Massicotteâs excellent new play,  T. E. Lawrence and Robert Graves are two veterans and it takes no leap of the imagination to translate their World War I experiences into stories from todayâs newspaper.
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While âThe Maddening Truthâ is fascinating as a character study, its weakness as a play is the paucity of dramatic conflict.
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The forthcoming theater calendar seems distinguished by its fixation on invention.