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The Bridges of Madison County, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on July 24, 2019 by mkmswain

Robert James Waller’s bestselling, though critically panned, 1992 romance novel was reincarnated in the Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep-starring film, and then again in Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman’s Tony-winning 2013 musical – both adaptations wisely sloughing off some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 1960s, affair, clint eastwood, family, farm, iowa, jason robert brown, jenna russell, london, love, marriage, marsha norman, menier chocolate factory, meryl streep, musical, review, romance, the bridges of madison county, theartsdesk, trevor nunn | Leave a comment

Listed: Suffragettes portrayed

Posted on October 11, 2015 by mkmswain

Following the release of film Suffragette, theartsdesk explores other depictions of the women’s movement, from fiction and drama to documentary and song. Read the full theartsdesk article here

Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged abi morgan, bfi, bicycle, book, carey mulligan, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, comedy, cycling, drama, emeline pankhurst, fallings angels, feminism, feminist, fiction, film, her naked skin, hg wells, independence, meryl streep, movie, mr selfridge, mrs warrens profession, national theatre, no surrender, novel, olivier, pankhurst, parades end, play, protest, read, rebecca lenkiewicz, sarah gavron, shoulder to shoulder, song, suffrage, suffragette, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, up the women, vote, votes for women, war, woman, women, womens movement | Leave a comment

Ten great plays set in summer

Posted on July 28, 2015 by mkmswain

To coincide with the opening of Three Days in The Country, Patrick Marber’s new adaption of Turgenev, I’ve rounded up 10 other great plays set in the summer, from bucolic romance and adolescent yearning to fiery conflict and family combustion. Read my … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 10, A Midsummer Night's Dream, a streetcar named desire, adaptation, adolescent, all my sons, american dream, arthur miller, august osage county, best, chekhov, child, childhood, comedy, court, drama, Eugene O’Neill, family, fourth of july, hay fever, heat, hot, independence day, jury, law, love, lust, magic, Mark Gatiss, may day, meryl streep, national theatre, noel coward, parent, patrick marber, play, romance, romeo and juliet, russia, russian, sex, shakespeare, simon russell beale, summer, summer solstice, sun, teenager, tennessee williams, the cherry orchard, theatre, three days in the country, top 10, tragedy, trial, turgenev, twelve angry men, young, youth | Leave a comment

Strictly Speaking: the final

Posted on December 22, 2014 by mkmswain

Perhaps not a vintage year, but Strictly ended on a high with a closer than expected final, bananas returning contestants encore, and a deserving winning couple in Caroline and Pasha. It was a show noticeably light on ballroom – because … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged angels, angry birds, argentine tango, ballroom, bbc, blog, bruce forsyth, caroline flack, celebrity, cha cha, champion, charleston, claudia winkleman, competition, contemporary, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, disco, donny osmond, final, finalist, frankie bridge, fred astaire, ginger rogers, hollywood, judges, judy murray, latin, magazine, mark wright, meryl streep, moulin rouge, pasha kovalev, paso doble, presenter, queen, recap, result, review, rouble, rumba, samba, scd, scores, showdance, simone webbe, strictly, strictly come dancing, take that, tess daly, the sound of music, trophy win, tv, winner, zoe ball | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: meryl streep

The Bridges of Madison County, Menier Chocolate Factory

Listed: Suffragettes portrayed

Ten great plays set in summer

Strictly Speaking: the final

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