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As a part-time co-pilot, Willem-Alexander gains an insight into his subjects’ lives
Three Shakespeare plays are filleted and modernised to create a chilling dissection of power
While the story grips, as ever, the staging reminds us that we are watching a version of events
The RSC’s revival of Arthur Miller’s devastating classic is executed with a gorgeous fluidity
Timberlake Wertenbaker’s drama nimbly negotiates weighty themes in a complex period of history
Laughs are sporadic in this patchy revival of Thomas Dekker’s 1599 comedy
Scientists close 500-year-old missing person case after tests yield 99.999 per cent certainty
A wise, funny, sad play from Howard Brenton about a pioneering first world war surgeon
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare’s Globe is challenging a new generation of playwrights to match the flair of their predecessors
There are more cynical motives at work in the ‘race’ to influence the world through culture
The British public could not love Andy Murray until he cried in public
The all-male Propeller company delivers a hard-hitting ‘Henry V’ but the women are missed in ‘The Winter’s Tale’
Common humanity and the power of words are to the fore in this earthy production from Dominic Dromgoole
Shakespeare’s histories were not just the making of the Bard, they were the making of the English too
The all-male troupe’s warrior king is hard to like, but the companion play unerringly hits the spot
Alan Gilbert mustered massive dynamic contrasts
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