Best Tom Stoppard Podcasts (2024)

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303: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC by Joshua Harmon/David Winitsky 40:05

7M ago40:05

40:05

David and Miriam discuss the timeless Jewish questions Joshua Harmon asks in his new play PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. More about David Winitsky and the Jewish Plays Project: https://jewishplaysproject.org/ Find out more about PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2023-24-season/prayer-for-the-french-republic…

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302: HELL'S KITCHEN Music & Lyrics by Alicia Keys, Book by Kristoffer Diaz/Nia Akilah Robinson 33:30

9M ago33:30

33:30

Nia and Miriam explore the physical and emotional landscapes of New York City in Alicia Keys' new musical, HELL'S KITCHEN. More about Nia Akilah Robinson: https://www.niaakilahrobinson.com/ Find out more about HELL'S KITCHEN https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2324/hells-kitchen/ You already know about Alicia Keys (but just in case)! https…

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301: & JULIET Book by David West Read, Music by Max Martin and Friends/Susan Bernfield 30:13

10M ago30:13

30:13

Welcome back to Theater Practice, Season 3! Susan Bernfield is back! Join the conversation as Miriam and Suan find unexpected depth and beauty in this joyful, uplifting Broadway musical. Listen to Susan on our LEOPOLDSTADT episode:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1880898/11525837-203-leopoldstadt-by-tom-stoppard-susan-bernfield.mp3?download=true Find out…

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207: Bonus: Aaron Neil of LEOPOLDSTADT with the crew at "Unorthodox"! 1:20:58

1y ago1:20:58

1:20:58

Our conversation with Susan Bernfield about LEOPOLDSTADT by Tom Stoppard was our most popular episode this season. So, we thought you might be interested in this interview with Aaron Neil who plays Ernest from our friends at "Unorthodox, the World's Leading Jewish Podcast". The whole episode is great but if you want to jump right to Aaron, his segm…

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206: WET BRAIN by John J. Caswell, Jr./T. Adamson 37:43

1y ago37:43

37:43

From the howling coyote to the gentle roomba, T. and Miriam dive into the ways WET BRAIN moved and terrified them.By Miriam Weiner

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205: THE JUNGLE by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson/Jason Aguirre 36:18

1+ y ago36:18

36:18

Jason and Miriam describe how visiting The Jungle, currently playing at St. Ann's Warehouse, has changed their perceptions of refugee camps.By Miriam Weiner

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204: THE FAR COUNTRY by Lloyd Suh/Madeline Sayet 33:55

1+ y ago33:55

33:55

Madeline and Miriam discuss Lloyd Suh's haunting play The Far Country, currently running at Atlantic Theater Company. For more information about Madeline Sayet and her show Where We Belong check out her website: https://www.madelinesayet.com Find out more about The Far Country and Atlantic Theater Company: https://atlantictheater.org/production/the…

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203: LEOPOLDSTADT by Tom Stoppard/Susan Bernfield 30:16

2y ago30:16

30:16

Susan and Miriam discuss Tom Stoppard's personal and epic play Leopoldstadt, currently running on Broadway.By Miriam Weiner

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202: CORSICANA by Will Arbery/Kate Cortesi 31:51

2y ago31:51

31:51

Kate and Miriam contemplate Will Arbery's mysterious and heart-opening play, Corsicana currently running at Playwrights Horizons.By Miriam Weiner

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201: SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder/Jesse Cameron Alick 33:47

2y ago33:47

33:47

Jesse and Miriam discuss Lileana Blain-Cruz's lively, expansive production of Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center Theater.By Miriam Weiner

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104: "Vancouver" by Ralph B. Peña/Jenny Wang Medina 34:46

2+ y ago34:46

34:46

Jenny and Miriam consider this elegant, beautifully crafted piece produced by Ma-Yi Studios in association with Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.By Miriam Weiner

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103: "Block Association Project" by Michael Yates Crowley/Casey Boykins 47:54

2+ y ago47:54

47:54

Casey and Miriam discuss this funny, heartbreaking piece presented by Actors Theatre of Louisville.By Miriam Weiner

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102: "Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran" by Javaad Alipoor, Co-created by Kirsty Housley/Latrice Smith 32:57

2+ y ago32:57

32:57

Listen to Latrice and Miriam dig into this complex, gripping theatrical event presented by Woolly Mammoth.By Miriam Weiner

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101: "Hymn" by Lolita Chakrabarti/Erica Jensen 25:43

2+ y ago25:43

25:43

Listen to Erica and Miriam discuss Almeida Theatre's production of Hymn.By Miriam Weiner

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105: "Enemy of the People After Henrik Ibsen" by Robert Icke/Welker White 37:51

2+ y ago37:51

37:51

Welker and Miriam attend live theater for the first time since the pandemic lockdown and afterward relish their discussion of Enemy of the People commissioned by Park Avenue Armory.By Miriam Weiner

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000: Welcome to Theater Practice 13:07

2+ y ago13:07

13:07

Host Miriam Weiner and Director Diana Yanez discuss what “Theater Practice” is all about. Don’t worry about being right or wrong, don’t worry if you’ve seen the show, these conversations will help you see theater in a new way.By Miriam Weiner

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Simon Schama on 'The Books That Made Me' 1:03:39

4y ago1:03:39

1:03:39

Simon Schama on 'The Books That Made Me' by The London LibraryBy The London Library

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Series 1 Episode 7 - Jarvis Cocker 44:32

4y ago44:32

44:32

Musician, broadcaster, actor and presenter, Jarvis Cocker is the seventh guest on The London Library Podcast. Jarvis talks us through five books that have shaped his life to date.Please note - this episode was recorded before COVID19 and social distancing measures.www.instagram.com/jarvisbransoncockerwww.roughtraderecords.com/artists/jarviswww.lond…

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Series 1 Episode 6 - Nigel House 24:41

4+ y ago24:41

24:41

Rough Trade’s Nigel House takes us through the five books that have made an impact on him throughout his life. Surprisingly it includes no books on music but does feature stories from two past London Library members and the joy of cricket statistics. Please note - this episode was recorded before COVID19 and social distancing measures.www.roughtrad…

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The Nest, The Truth, The Bass Rock, Cranach at Compton Verney and Home Entertainment Recommendations 46:17

4+ y ago46:17

46:17

The Nest is the new Sunday night drama on BBC1 that raises questions around the ethics of surrogacy as a wealthy couple invite a young woman whose past is not known to them into their lives.The Truth is a French/Japanese production directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2018 for his film Shoplifters. It stars Catherine De…

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Series 1 Episode 5 - Valerie Brandes 35:34

4+ y ago35:34

35:34

Publisher Valerie Brandes talks about identity, motherhood and the books that have shaped her life and career from moving to live in America, to deciding to move back to Hackney and setting up her own publishing business.@valreywww.jacarandabooksartmusic.co.ukwww.londonlibrary.co.uk@TheLondonLibBy The London Library

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Misbehaviour, On Blueberry Hill, Abi Dare, Warhol, Breeders and Kate+Koji 49:42

4+ y ago49:42

49:42

Misbehaviour is a new film about the 1970 Miss World pageant which saw the first black Miss World and was also disrupted by the nascent Women's Liberation movement who threw flour bombs at host Bob HopeSebastian Barry's play On Blueberry Hill is set in a prison cell where two men's stories of how they got there become intertwined.Abi Daré's novel T…

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Hilary Mantel, The Mikvah Project, Sulphur and White, Among The Trees 54:11

4+ y ago54:11

54:11

Hilary Mantel's new novel - The Mirror and The Light - is the final part of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy. The previous two parts have sold millions of copies worldwide and garned prizes from all quarters. Can this one compare?The Mikvah Project is a new play at The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. Two Jewish men meet every Friday for ritual cleansin…

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Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Women Beware Women, Christos Tsiolkas, Leon Spilliaert, Noughts and Crosses 49:20

4+ y ago49:20

49:20

The newest film by French director Céline Sciamma (Tomboy, Girlhood) is Portrait Of A Lady On Fire. An 18th century painter is commissioned to paint a bride-to-be's wedding portrait and falls in love with her subjectWomen Beware Women is a play by Middleton just opened at The Globe Theatre in London. How do you navigate a society in which women are…

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Midnight Family, Masculinities exhibition, Actress by Anne Enright, Far Away by Caryl Churchill, I Am Not Okay With This 49:02

4+ y ago49:02

49:02

Mexican documentary Midnight Family follows a family-run private ambulance in Mexico City racing to the scenes of accidents in order to earn a livingMasculinities:Liberation Through Photography, is a new exhibition at The Barbican in London, about how masculinity is experienced, perfomed, coded and socially constructed.Actress is the latest novel f…

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Stoppard -Leopoldstadt, Emma, Philip Hensher, Steve McQueen - Tate Modern, The End 56:36

4+ y ago56:36

56:36

Tom Stoppard has a new play - Leopoldstadt - a slightly autobiographical telling of the story of several generations of a wealthy Jewish family in Europe over 6 decades, from 1899 How many different cinematic versions of Jane Austen novels does the world need? What does The latest Emma - directed by a former photographer/ pop video director - bring…

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Series 1 Episode 4 - Ahsan Akbar 31:26

4+ y ago31:26

31:26

Ahsan Akbar is the co-founder of the Dhaka Literary Festival, a Poet and the owner of tea bar and shop Teatulia in Covent Garden where you can find their ‘living library’ bookshelf including some books selected by The London Library. Ahsan tells us which books got him into literature, which book got him out of banking and who encouraged him to read…

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Mr Jones, Death of England, The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, British Baroque, This Life 56:22

4+ y ago56:22

56:22

Director Agnieszka Holland assembles a cast including James Norton and Vanessa Kirby to tell the story of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones who in 1933 travelled to Soviet Russia and told the truth about the famine in Ukraine. At the National Theatre, Clint Dyer directs the play he has co-written with Roy Williams, Death of England, starring Rafe Spall…

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Ingmar Bergman, The Lighthouse, William Gibson, The Art, Design and future of Fungi, Art on the BBC 56:51

4+ y ago56:51

56:51

Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film Persona has been adapted into a stage play and it is the opening production at the newly revamped Riverside Studios in London The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson is a black and white film set in a claustrophobic remote isolated lighthouse where the two keepers begin to rub each other up the wrong wa…

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David Copperfield, Welkin, Motherwell, Pregnancy exhibition, Windermere Children 50:47

4+ y ago50:47

50:47

Armando Iannucci has taken on Dickens' David Copperfield with Dev Patel in the lead roleA new play by Lucy Kirkwood, Welkin, has opened at London's National Theatre. The Welkin is set in Norfolk in 1759, when a jury of matrons is called to try a female murder suspect who is 'pleading the belly' in order to avoid execution Motherwell is the memoir o…

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Series 1 Episode 3 - Neil Pearson 28:08

4+ y ago28:08

28:08

Actor and rare book dealer Neil Pearson is the third guest on The London Library Podcast. He tells us about five books that have shaped his life, schooling and various career choices.www.londonlibrary.co.uk@TheLondonLibtwitter.com/RareNeilPearsonwww.neilpearsonrarebooks.comBy The London Library

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Beckett triple bill, Bombshell, Avenue 5, American Dirt, Tullio Crali 53:51

4+ y ago53:51

53:51

A triple bill of Samuel Beckett plays has just started at London's Jermyn Street Theatre. Directed by Trevor Nunn, it's a chance to see Krapp's Last Tape as well as two lesser-known works - Eh Joe and The Old Tune.https://bit.ly/2Rm8AtG https://bit.ly/2uWA95bBombshell has been Oscar nominated. It's the story of Roger Ailes' reign at Fox News and th…

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1917, London International Mime Festival, King Gary, Ismail Kadare, Saad Qureshi, 52:38

4+ y ago52:38

52:38

Sam Mendes' film 1917 is set during the First World War and based on his Grandfather's experiences during the conflict. It's already won a Golden Globe and is touted for more awards glory. What do our reviewers make of it?This Time is a show by the group Ockham's Razor and part of The London International Mime Festival 2020. It tells an inter-gener…

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Little Women, War Of The Worlds Immersive Experience, Untitled Goose Game, Graphic novels, podcasts 44:18

4+ y ago44:18

44:18

There's a new all-star Little Women on the big screen. The cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emily Watson, Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet and Meryl Streep. Louisa May Alcott's novel has been a popular text for film makers since the first silent version in 1912 - is there anything new which director Greta Gerwig can bring to this version? H…

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Listeners' cultural highlights of 2019 1:00:23

4+ y ago1:00:23

1:00:23

Find out what Saturday Review listeners chose as their cultural highlights of 2019. We asked what you'd enjoyed this year and you told us about things we'd missed, disagreed about some cultural events we'd reviewed, and let us know about which ones had delighted you too. We'll discuss all the regular genres: films, theatre, exhibitions, books and t…

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Cats, Susan Hill's Ghost Story, Martin's Close, Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, Gypsy 49:39

4+ y ago49:39

49:39

The much-anticipated film of Cats with its stellar and fur-enhanced cast including Judi Dench and Taylor Swift finally reaches the big screen. Catnip or catastrophe? Spooky offerings in the Christmas TV schedule this year include Martin's Close by Mark Gatiss on BBC 4 and Susan Hill's Ghost Story on Channel 5. How shiver-inducing are they? Nora Eph…

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Aquarela, Swive, Robert Musil, Theaster Gates, Sticks and Stones 50:43

4+ y ago50:43

50:43

Aquarela is a movie about water...filmed at 96 frames per second- four times faster than normal and there are fewer than a handful of cinemas in then world with equipment to show it properly. What's them point? Swive (Elizabeth) at The Sam Wannamaker Playhouse imagines Elizabeth I from teenager to monarch and the wiles and strength ways she needed …

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Fairview at Young Vic, So Long My Son, Annette Hess, John Walker, A Very Scandi Scandal 52:35

4+ y ago52:35

52:35

Fairview is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play just opened at the Young Vic in London. It starts out like a conventional US African American dramedy and then begins to mess with the audience's expectations. How will our reviewers feel about it?Chinese film So Long My Son has won awards at international film festivals. It tells the story of a family over…

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Series 1 Episode 2 - Harriet Evans 47:22

4+ y ago47:22

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The second guest of The London Library Podcast is best-selling author and London Library member Harriet Evans. Harriet is the author of twelve books - her latest is titled, 'The Garden of Lost and Found'. Harriet has sold over a million copies worldwide and has been in the Top Ten twice. On this episode she discusses the books that have influenced …

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The Nightingale, My Brilliant Friend, Lee Child, Troy: myth and reality, Upright 55:40

4+ y ago55:40

55:40

The Nightingale is a film set in Tasmania in the brutal days of convict settlers and soldiers. A young wife faces violence as she tries to track down a man who has violated her family The National Theatre's adaptation of Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend condenses the four wildly-successful novels into 2 three-hour plays at The Olivier.The creat…

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Dear Evan Hansen, Feast & Fast, Greener Grass, Irenosen Okojie, Ken Burns' Country series 49:32

4+ y ago49:32

49:32

Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen has been an enormous success and has now transferred to London's West End. It's the story of a socially awkward young man who accidentally becomes a heroFeast & Fast: The art of food in Europe, 1500 – 1800 is the latest exhibition at The Fitzwilliam in CambridgeGreener Grass is a peculiar take on the American subur…

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Series 1 Episode 1 - Hallie Rubenhold 29:34

4+ y ago29:34

29:34

The first guest of The London Library Podcast is social historian, author of bestselling The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper and London Library member Hallie Rubenhold.As well as discussing the books that have influenced Hallie’s journey and what they mean to her, she looks at the reaction to her bestselling The Five, …

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The Gangster The Cop The Devil, Touching the Void, Romesh Gunesekera, Gold Digger, George IV : Art and Spectacle 50:49

4+ y ago50:49

50:49

The Gangster The Cop The Devil is an award-winning Korean action thriller about an unlikely alliance between a maverick police detective and a ruthless mobster who have to work together to catch a serial killerTouching the Void began life as a book by Joe Simpson, about a climbing accident which nearly killed him. It has since been turned into a fi…

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The Report, Shook, The Topeka School, 24/7 exhibition, The Morning Show 52:07

5y ago52:07

52:07

The Report is a docu-drama starring Adam Driver telling the story of Senate staffer Daniel Jones and the Senate Intelligence Committee as they investigate the CIA's use of torture following the September 11 attacks. Shook is a debut play at The Southwark Playhouse which won the Papatango New Writing Prize. How will our reviewers receive this brand …

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Making Waves, The Antipodes, Hanne Orstavik, His Dark Materials, Joy Labinjo 51:17

5y ago51:17

51:17

Making Waves: The Art Of Cinematic Sound is a documentary looking at (and listening to) the work of sound designers in film. What do they do and how do they affect the viewer?The Antipodes the latest play by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Annie Baker. Set in a brainstorming meeting for some undisclosed creative company, the tensions of office re…

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Play Well, Monos, Vassa, Elizabeth Strout, The Accident 46:52

5y ago46:52

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Play Well is a new exhibition opening at the Wellcome Collection in London, aiming to explore how play transforms both childhood and society. On a mountaintop in Colombia, eight children with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow, communicated with over the radio by a threatening commander. That's the basic plot of a new film Monos, …

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Non Fiction, Stillicide and The Diver's Game, There Are No Beginnings, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, Living With Yourself 54:31

5y ago54:31

54:31

Non Fiction is a very French film about writers and publishers debating the future of the book vs e-book. But the characters also all appear to be having affairs with each other: Tres Francais! But will our reviewers be seduced? Stillicide by Cynan Jones and The Diver's Game by Jesse Ball are two new dystopian novels which both authors insist are N…

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The Day Shall Come, Man In The White Suit, Zadie Smith, Hogarth - Place and Progress 49:04

5y ago49:04

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Chris Morris's film The Day Shall Come, is a very dark comedy about a genuine FBI operation to deal with potential domestic terrorists in the USA.Man In The White Suit was one of the highly-successful Ealing Comedy films. Released in 1951, it told the story of a man who invents a revolutionary fabric. Now adapted for the stage starring Stephen Mang…

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Joker, Mary Costello, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Dublin Murders, Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art 55:50

5y ago55:50

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Joker: What was it about the new DC comic-based film which helped it to win the highest prize at this year's Venice Film Festival? Starring Joaquin Phoenix, it's a dark affair but is it deserving of the plaudits and prizes?Mary Costello's new novel "The River Capture" is set in rural Ireland where a young woman arrives and changes the life of those…

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Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp, The Last Tree, The Dutch House, Mark Leckey, World on Fire 48:15

5y ago48:15

48:15

Caryl Churchill celebrated her 80th birthday last year. She's written four new short plays for the Royal Court, the theatre with which she's most closely associated: Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. Horror and abuse flash through often very funny scenes played by a cast including Toby Jones and Deborah Findley. Shola Amoo's praised second feature The L…

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