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The last play I saw was Arnold Wesker's 'The Kitchen', at the National Theatre. Watching such a physical, and yet realistic, production, I couldn't help thinking about how far theatre has come in recent years. I also saw Christoph Schlingensief's 'Mea...
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Romola Garai as mum-to-be Becky in The Village Bike at the Royal Court Josie Rourke, formerly artistic director of the Bush theatre in west London, takes over at the Donmar in the New Year. Over at the Royal Court, Arnold Wesker's Chicken Soup With...
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UK’s most innovative silversmiths. The magisterial vision of David Nash made full use of the magnificently refurbished exhibition spaces at Oriel Mostyn in Llandudno. Clwyd Theatr Cymru embraced the whole gamut of emotion from the exuberance of Guys &...
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Sitting on a shelf above my desk is a large, tattered black book, entitled Landmarks of Modern British Drama: The Sixties (1985). I bought it years ago, back when I was a schoolboy drama student. It contains the scripts of seven plays: Roots, by Arnold W
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Arts review of 2011 - Theatre: Words failed us. But never mind the writers, let's hear it for the players
The Independent
He played a manic depressive with demonic fervour, rising above Jon Fosse's drear dialogue in I Am The Wind at the Young Vic – stunningly staged by renowned French director Patrice Chéreau on a lurching raft. Brooke then played the lead – a desperately...
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It continues with Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, directed by Dominic Cooke and starring comedian and actor Lenny Henry. In recent weeks, the Angelika screened One Man, Two Guvnors, by Richard Bean, and The Kitchen, a riff on Arnold Wesker’s dark...
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Chapter four speaks to an assertion made by Nicholas Grene, who in an essay published in 2007 noted the occluded link between contemporary Irish dramatists and their English counterparts, instancing John Osborne, Arnold Wesker and others. Roche’s book...
About Arnold Wesker
Wikipedia
Sir Arnold Wesker (born Stepney 24 May 1932) is a prolific British dramatist known for his contributions to kitchen sink drama. He is the author of 42 plays, 4 volumes of short stories, 2 volumes of essays, a book on journalism, a children's book, extensive journalism, poetry and other assorted writings. His plays have been translated into 17... Full Article
