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Howard Brenton's history plays have an eclectic scope that's previously seen him tackle everything from Ancient Greek philosophers ...

When looking at the ethics of science, there's no more fertile ground for writers to explore than the atomic bomb. In her impressive pl...

I think most theatres wore out their commitment to commemorating the First World War in 2014, so it hasn't dominated programming in th...

The psychiatrist RD Laing's theories were a major influence on Equus , so I was interested in seeing a play about the man himself. Lai...

As well as his better-known work for the theatre, Anton Chekhov was also a prolific writer of short stories, and it's two of these tha...

Whenever the Finborough Theatre digs up a play that's languished in obscurity for decades and turns out to be surprisingly good, the n...