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Regional Reviews: The Dirty Hall

... accurate chronicle of the dispute. The production draws ecological parallels with the peoples of 'Black Australia' and 'Red America' in their bid to preserve the 'earth spirit' from the prospecting and uncaring white man: Everywhere the white man has touched ...

Published: Thursday 19 July 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 277 | Page: 21 | Tags: review 

Regional Reviews: Talley's Folly

... opening which makes getting into the story a little difficult, is followed by compelling theatre at its very best. Set in America in 1944, Matt Fried man, a Lithuanian who encountered Sally Talley, a 31 -year-old spinster who is the victim of her small ...

Published: Thursday 29 March 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 274 | Page: 24 | Tags: review 

Regional Reviews: The Little Foxes

... with the accent on plays dominated by women and Lillian Hellman's story of greed, selfishness and relentless ambition in America's steamy south fills the bill perfectly. Written in 1939, it does creak occa sionally but Clive Perry's taut direc tion keeps ...

Published: Thursday 09 August 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 284 | Page: 16 | Tags: review 

Regional Reviews: The Last Voyage Of Long John Silver

... designed to show off the skills of the Kneehigh company. Long John, awakening from a time warp finds himself beached in South America. He is soon back in action when his galleon is chartered to find a treasure island where there is a spring of eternal youth ...

Published: Thursday 18 January 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 302 | Page: 15 | Tags: review 

Regional Reviews: Fit for a king

... family are likely to be rendered homeless by The Spider (Richard Moore) a thief and the real killer. Having struck it rich in America Denver returns to save the day. Alan Howard's two personas are agreeably complementary and his rela tionships, with both friend ...

Published: Thursday 09 August 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 329 | Page: 15 | Tags: review 

Regional Reviews: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

... Chandler Harris' children's classic story The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, written in the late 1800s, were all situated in America's Deep South you wouldn't quite expect a motley bunch of them to turn up at The Pavilion Theatre in Worthing, to tertain ...

Published: Thursday 26 April 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 362 | Page: 15 | Tags: review 

Play Reviews: What the butler saw

... bitter truths of Irving's struggling early years touring the pro vinces, his fight with the critics, exhausting trips to America, his ruth less battle for excellence at the Lyceum, his fortune first won then lost, his diminishing health and finally his ...

Published: Thursday 26 April 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 407 | Page: 13 | Tags: review 

Regional Reviews: Soul seekers

... really is special. This, coupled with a not inconsiderable acting presence, makes him a precocious performer and, were this America, it's highly likely he would be a candidate for supers tardom. One must also advise Cliff Howells to shorten his CV by listing ...

Published: Thursday 11 January 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 564 | Page: 14 | Tags: review 

REVIEWS: MALVERN MAGIC

... day's events began at y.w am ana concluded at n.iv pm. Magicians from many parts of the world Italy, Belgium, Portugal, America were in for a treat, a non-stop day of magic. The President of The British Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians ...

Published: Thursday 24 May 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 594 | Page: 29 | Tags: review