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...Donnellan’s ambition is received with scepticism among some workers....
...Perhaps it’s simply an illustration — and a timely one — that John of Gaunt’s great “this scept’red isle” speech, one of the cornerstones of English national mythology, actually goes on to excoriate how...
...The seller was John Malone of Liberty Global, the US cable television billionaire who owns an Irish stud farm....
...At the centre is a superb performance from John Heffernan as Oppenheimer....
...It takes a little too long to get into focus but Brenton is a master at using this space and John Dove’s great ensemble respond well....
...Cheek by Jowl’s thrilling production of John Ford’s Jacobean tragedy returns....
...Performed by a cracking ensemble, Declan Donnellan’s rumbustious, witty production becomes a love letter to the nature of theatre itself....
...“Doctors historically have left Ireland for a year or two to work abroad but now many are setting up home abroad and are not returning,” says Dr John Donnellan of the Irish Medical Organisation, which represents...
...That bed and what happens in it is at the centre of John Ford’s tragedy, a latecomer to the gory Jacobean-Caroline canon (published in 1633) and pretty ripe even by the standards of the genre....
...Like Bel Ami, ‘Tis Pity heavily revolves around sexual intrigue – John Ford’s 1633 play was later often banned because of the theme of incest between brother and sister Giovanni and Annabella....
...Two Edgars from the US: revived to give us John Carter and The Raven....
...And incest moves to centre-stage in John Ford’s ’Tis Pity She’s A Whore , where siblings Giovanni and Annabella fall passionately in love....
...john.lloyd@ft.com More columns at www.ft.com/lloyd...
...Matti Salminen and Sir John Tomlinson share the part of Tristan’s uncle, King Marke, and the French soprano Sophie Koch is Brangäne. Runs until October 18....
...Ian Ayres, professor of law at Yale University, argues in his new book, Super Crunchers (John Murray £16.99), that while statistical analysis can reveal the secret levers of causation, it’s only part of...
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