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Boys from the Blackstuff, National Theatre review - a lyrical, funny, affecting variation on a television classic by Heather Neill

The legendary small-screen drama still resonates in a new medium Prolific playwright James Graham was born in 1982, the year Alan Bleasdale's unforgettable series was televised. From Nottingham rather than Liverpool, Graham recognised in his own surroundings the predicaments of the main characters, the bonds between them and the importance to them of place and of shared stories. An admirer of Bleasdale's work, he had…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:48PM on May 29, 2024

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