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Benedict Cumberbatch plays the witty, self-hating lead in a superb TV adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s novels
A welcome second series for writer Will Sharpe’s tales of an odd family
The actor excels in this adaptation of Julian Barnes’s novel
Set in an all-female prison, these three plays emerge sharp and fresh
The RSC’s revival of Arthur Miller’s devastating classic is executed with a gorgeous fluidity
Antony Sher, Harriet Walter and director Gregory Doran reunite to tell another mighty tragedy
Phyllida Lloyd’s team return with another all-female production of Shakespeare’s seminal historical drama
With a new female Hamlet and Henry IV about to take to the stage, is cross-gender casting of Shakespeare’s great roles more than a gimmick?
This event, part of the Southbank’s ‘The Rest Is Noise’ festival, recalled Paris’s status as an artistic hub in the 1910s and ’20s
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