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Julia Roberts in ‘Shakespeare in Love’? Thankfully it didn’t happen, producer says

“Shakespeare in Love” producer Edward Zwick let readers in on a few big secrets about the making of the Oscar-winning 1998 film.

Los Angeles Times

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

Evening Standard

The week in audio: Where There’s A Will There’s a Wake; Origins; The Art of Longevity and more

Kathy Burke cackles as Dawn French plans her own demise. Elsewhere, Carmen Callil’s final interview, and farewell to a classic podcast one-off

The Guardian - UK

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Tom Stoppard's Jewish roots: Carey Perloff on Broadway's acclaimed play of the season

"Leopoldstadt," Tom Stoppard's stunning new play on Broadway about a highly cultivated extended family in Vienna that was decimated in the Holocaust, isn't autobiographical. But the work springs from the Czech-born English playwright's long-deferred examination of his Jewish roots.

Los Angeles Times

Textplay review – Beckett and Stoppard SMS comedy is short on lols

A virtual exchange imagined between two theatrical greats is full of literary references, mannered jokes and inconsequential chatter

The Guardian - UK

Mastermind’s Gestapo origins, immortal sitcoms and the birth of reality TV: 100 years of the BBC, part six

From ‘Basil!’ to ‘lovely jubbly’, welcome to the age of the classic sitcom – and the dawn of a new genre where nothing was off the table apart from ‘making love and going to the lavatory’

The Guardian - UK

Critics lament cuts to BBC radio drama – seedbed of UK talent

Stoppard, Pinter and Orton are among playwrights to have cut their teeth on a service that’s being cut back because of budget restraints

The Guardian - UK

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Review: 'See How They Run' is a breezy, clever whodunit

One question to ask when evaluating a movie is: Who is it for? The answer for "See How They Run" seems to be: Chris Hewitt.

Tribune News Service

See How They Run movie review: this meta-mystery showcases Saoirse’s comedy chops to perfection

It’s a knowing joy

Evening Standard

See How They Run review – Agatha Christie spoof scampers through 50s theatreland

This likable whodunnit comedy sees Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan on the trail of high-camp crime in the original production of The Mousetrap

The Guardian - UK

Author Deborah Moggach: ‘I’d write Best Exotic Marigold Hotel again, whatever the world thought’

The bestselling author talks to Charlotte Cripps about her selected short story collection, cultural appropriation, her mother’s conviction for attempted murder, and Harvey Weinstein

The Independent UK

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