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...In 1948, Mervyn Peake illustrated Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; this year, Peake’s own fantasy trilogy, Gormenghast, was illustrated by Dave McKean – and both books are still strong sellers....
.... ★★★☆☆ Shoe Lady Royal Court (Jerwood Downstairs), London Everyday objects also conspire to thwart Viv in Shoe Lady, E.V. Crowe’s surreal new comedy....
...It follows Phyllida Lloyd’s excellent all-female Shakespeare productions and recent illuminating gender-switch performances: Maxine Peake as Hamlet, Glenda Jackson as Lear among them....
...real Everest parts, those that encompass the greatest psychological and philosophical depth and test actors to their utmost, are men: Hamlet, Lear, Macbeth, Prospero, Richard II, Richard III and Henry V....
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