Stories By Jem Bloomfield
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Theatre
Ross Noble and Friends, Cranleigh Arts Centre, England
June 8, 2024It showcased all of Noble’s best points: the delight in the ludicrous, the ideas tripping over...
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Theatre
Theatre Review: Noel Coward’s Star Quality, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
June 6, 2024There’s a feeling you get about ten minutes into a Noel Coward play. The lights have...
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Theatre
Theatre Review: The Holly and the Ivy, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
June 5, 2024The characters are built with that terrific assurance of some mid-century writers (C.P. Snow and Anthony...
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Blog-Theater
Theatre Review: Three Days in May, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England
June 3, 2024Clarke certainly made good on his obligations. He barked, he grunted, he rumbled, and, once you...
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Mystery
Television Review: Page Eight on PBS
May 27, 2024British spies these days – the most interesting ones at any rate – are weary, compromised...
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Literary Themes
Book Review: Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion by Janet Mullany
May 18, 2024At root, the novel seems to rest on a misapprehension: that the world of Jane Austen...
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Theatre
The Woman in White, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
May 9, 2024Collins’ strong suit is suspense tinged with bafflement. When it works, you’re reeling from the last...
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Theatre
The Turn of the Screw at Glyndebourne, Live Streamed via The Guardian
May 8, 2024Glyndebourne: one of the names in the British calendar. Up there with Wimbledon, Henley and other...
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Theatre
Anne Boleyn, at Shakespeare’s Globe, London
May 8, 2024Despite the subject matter, and the evident success of the play, the particular style of performance...
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Theatre
Butley, at the Duchess Theatre, London
May 7, 2024Where West’s incarnation as Detective McNulty was part of a sprawling, panoramic vision of a social...
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