THEATRE
October 2015
Patrick Marber cuts Turgenev back to the essentials while Cumberbatch triumphs in a muddled Hamlet
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July/August 2015
Behind the National’s interpretation of The Beaux’ Strategem is a lasting insight into marriage and money
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June 2015
A revival of a classic satire on social mobility, a debunking of tabloid editors, and a deflating of Boris
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May 2015
Mark Strong gives an award-worthy performance as a Hercules brought low in A View from the Bridge
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Written each month by Standpoint's resident theatre critic, Minette Marrin
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