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Saturday, March 12, 2022

‘I like all of it’: Neil Baldwin, Staffordshire local hero, on a new play about his remarkable life by Francis Beckett

A theatre adaptation of the TV film Marvellous, which starred Toby Jones, finds new insights into what makes this football mascot, clown and friend of archbishops special Today there will be…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Bright young playwrights? What about us bright old playwrights? by Francis Beckett

Ignoring writing from sixtysomethings (such as myself) will simply result in a lessening of choice for audiencesI'm in favour of encouraging bright young new playwrights, but I hate to see t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45AM