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Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse, via National Theatre at Home, YouTube) Rating: Verdict: Hiddleston feminises Shakespeare’s action man Romeo And Juliet (RSC, Sunday, 9pm BBC4 and on iPlayer) Rating: Verdict: Worthy lovers Scenes For Survival (National Theatre of Scotland & bbc.co.uk) Rating: Verdict: Hot Hibernian shorts Tom Hiddleston was voted MTV’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2013. Emma … Read more
This House (NT at Home, YouTube) Rating: Verdict: Still rocks the house Unprecedented (BBC iPlayer) Rating: Verdict: Unexciting This House is the Westminster political drama that keeps on giving. It’s the third time I’ve seen James Graham’s brilliant play and, if anything, it’s grown in stature thanks to the hung parliament shenanigans of last year. … Read more
Frankenstein (NT at Home, YouTube) Verdict: There be monsters… Rating: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (BBC iPlayer) Verdict: A dream of a Dream Rating: Duelling has been illegal in Britain for hundreds of years, but that didn’t stop Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller going musket to musket in the National Theatre’s Frankenstein in 2011. Danny … Read more
Forsooth, gentle reader, is this, or is this not the week of Shakespeare’s birth? According to parish records in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Bard was baptised on April 26, and at the time it was customary for this to happen three days after an infant’s birth. Which would suggest he was born on the 23rd. But soft … Read more
Treasure Island (National Theatre at Home, YouTube) Verdict: Theatrical gold waiting to be discovered Rating: The Phantom Of The Opera (The Shows Must Go On, YouTube) Verdict: Still as lush as you like Rating: Flowers For Mrs Harris (Chichester Festival Theatre, cft.org.uk) Verdict: A lovely bunch of characters Rating: When this is all over . . … Read more
Musical Mastermind: PATRICK MARMION tests how well you know the top song-based stage shows By Patrick Marmion for the Daily Mail Published: 01:52 BST, 10 April 2020 | Updated: 01:52 BST, 10 April 2020 We may not be able to see a musical live on stage right now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t keep … Read more