Actress tries to bury claim that Shakespeare had to have been an aristocrat to write his plays It is a clash involving three of the titans of Shakespearean acting, in a theatrical year domi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMRupert Goold, who directed the play Enron, says his new trailer can exploit the reach of social mediaOne of British theatre's foremost directors is pioneering the use of Facebook to reach ou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMTheatres Protection Fund to receive £125,000 from Andrew Lloyd Webber, with call for other successful writers and producers to give something backAndrew Lloyd Webber is calling on successfu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMWilde's grave in Paris has been restored after decades of unusual lipstick tributes"A kiss may ruin a human life," Oscar Wilde once wrote. It can also ruin the stonework of a tomb, judging b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMMerlin Holland claims his grandfather 'never wrote a word' of play heralded by north London company as 'genuine' WildeThe grandson of Oscar Wilde is accusing an Olivier award-winning theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:10PMDays after the death of the master songwriter, plans revealed for musical about Irish writerAs the rock world mourned lyricist Jerry Leiber last week, it fondly remembered classic hits such …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22PMWork compiling the colourful playwright's complete works is due for publication this yearA mammoth publication of the complete works of Ben Jonson, the English dramatist regarded by many as …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMProject in Scotland aims to help young people in former shipbuilding stronghold beset by 24% unemploymentComposer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's charitable foundation is to fund a new theatre for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:57PMComposer and theatrical producer behind Cats and Evita to pay for 30 young actors, singer and dancers to studyIn an attempt to raise standards in West End musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber has p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:51PMBritish Library will display unpublished letters, which show that the dramatist worked on his last play while nearing deathThe British Library has acquired four unpublished letters written b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMPlay inspired by autobiography of man whose mother was Peter Sutcliffe's first known victimA playwright who owns the New End theatre in Hampstead, north London, is premiering a play in Leeds…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMUK play's author will write screenplay but West End director and cast are dropped as Hollywood snaps up stage successEnron, the stage play that has enraptured the West End with its depiction…
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