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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

JB Priestley's An Inspector Calls, October 1946 by Samantha Ellis

October 1, 1946: the first night of JB Priestley's play left critics bored and stifling groans"Bang! Bang! Mr Priestley lets drive with both barrels," was the Times's verdict on An Inspector…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04AM

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Paul Robeson in Othello, Savoy Theatre, 1930 by Samantha Ellis

Paul Robeson is the first black actor to attempt Othello in a century, at the Savoy Theatre on March 19 1930"A tragedy of racial conflict" was how Paul Robeson summed up Othello as he rehear…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36PM

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Lionel Bart's Oliver!, June 1960 by Samantha Ellis

Lionel Bart's 'roaring' rewrite of Dickens gets 23 curtain calls at the New Theatre, June 30 1960When Lionel Bart took on Charles Dickens, he had no plans to be reverential. After all, this…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PM

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Why the Bechdel test doesn’t (always) work by Samantha Ellis

If this simple gauge of gender inequality in film has Twilight winning over Gravity, there’s obviously something wrong. As a feminist playwright, I’ve found another solutionWhen I discov…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AM

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Why stripper Gypsy Rose Lee owed it all to mother by Samantha Ellis

No one wanted to make a musical about the stripper Gypsy Rose Lee - until they heard about her mother. By Samantha EllisIn 1957 Gypsy Rose Lee was riding high. She was the most famous stripp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40PM

Sunday, December 27, 2015

A Bill of Divorcement, London, March 1921 by Samantha Ellis

Social propaganda comes to St Martin's Theatre, London, on March 14 1921Clemence Dane, Noël Coward wrote, "manages to wreak more havoc in a small space of time than an army of deli…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46AM

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Paul Robeson in Othello, Savoy Theatre, 1930 by Samantha Ellis

Paul Robeson is the first black actor to attempt Othello in a century, at the Savoy Theatre on March 19 1930"A tragedy of racial conflict" was how Paul Robeson summed up Othello as…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02AM

Friday, April 3, 2015

Theatre should reflect society – and boldly imagine ways for it to change by Samantha Ellis

Playwrights must make more conscious choices about the characters we writeWhat can playwrights do to get more women on stage? It’s a question I wrestle with all the time. According to the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45AM

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

'Auschwitz? It's just lunacy' by Samantha Ellis

Antony Sher never thought he would be able to stage a Holocaust memoir. He tells Samantha Ellis how Primo Levi won him over Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AM

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Joseph, London, February 1973 by Samantha Ellis

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph becomes a camp classic at the Albery, February 17 1973No one could call this musical an overnight success. In 1965, 20-year-old Tim Rice was introdu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM

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