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Dull girl power speeches and wild sex do not make Bridgerton a feminist triumph
“We’re seeing this Regency romance through a feminist lens,” proclaimed actor Regé-Jean Page, who plays the hunky-but-tortured Duke of Hastings in Netflix’s bodice-ripper Bridgerton, in a recent interview. Co-star Phoebe Dynevor has also thrown around the F word, saying that … Continue reading
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Tagged black, bridgerton, daphne, female, feminism, feminist, lady whistledown, love, marriage, netflix, penelope, period drama, queen charlotte, review, sex, telegraph, the duke, tv, women
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The Watsons, Menier Chocolate Factory
Laura Wade isn’t the first to tackle Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, abandoned in 1805, but she is the only one so far to write herself, the struggling adaptor, into the text. This witty, ingenious and surprisingly philosophical play, which premiered … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, austen, book, broadwayworld, chichester festival theatre, Jane Austen, laura wade, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, novel, period drama, regency, review, romance, samuel west, the watsons, unfinished
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The Slaves of Solitude, Hampstead Theatre
We’re back in the world of ration books, blackouts and spam fritters, as Nicholas Wright delves into the home front via his adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s 1947 novel. Though there’s a certain period chintz about Jonathan Kent’s production, darker undercurrents make this a more … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, actress, adaptation, boarding house, bombing, book, broadwayworld, clive francis, drama, fenella woolgar, forties, hampstead theatre, harlots, henley, interview, introverted, jonathan kent, london, love, miss roach, mr thwaites, Nicholas Wright, novel, patrick hamilton, period drama, play, review, romance, second world war, shy, soldier, the blitz, the slaves of solitude, theatre, visit london, war, ww2
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BWW Interview: Fenella Woolgar
The actress discusses The Slaves of Solitude, the stage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s novel, at Hampstead Theatre. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged 1940s, actress, adaptation, agatha christie, boarding house, bombing, book, broadwayworld, clive francis, doctor who, drama, fenella woolgar, film, forties, hampstead theatre, handbagged, harlots, henley, home fires, interview, introverted, jonathan kent, london, love, margaret thatcher, miss roach, mr thwaites, Nicholas Wright, novel, patrick hamilton, period drama, play, radio, romance, second world war, soldier, the blitz, the slaves of solitude, theatre, tv, vera drake, visit london, war, ww2
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Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre
Lolita Chakrabarti’s impassioned debut has only gained topicality since its 2012 Tricycle incarnation. Trevor Nunn’s all-white Wars of the Roses and #OscarsSoWhite, among others, have fanned its flames, while quips about a paranoid Russian regime and the limits of English … Continue reading
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Tagged abolition, actor, adrian lester, backstage, black, cameron, drama, european referendum, garrick theatre, history, ira aldridge, kenneth branagh, london, oscars, oscarssowhite, othello, period drama, play, prejudice, race, racism, red velvet, review, slavery, theatre, theatre royal, tricycle theatre, trump, west end
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