Conor McPherson’s “The Weir” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Beautifully Acted Revival Of A 1990s New Writing Classic
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Perhaps it’s an indicator of the feebleness of new writing after the pandemic that so many of the...
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The 1990s were a great decade for new writing, but although the story of those years is often told...
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In the middle of the current decade, there was a mild vogue for reviving a handful of the great...
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Do boys never leave the playground? Just when I was reasonably sure that the crisis of masculinity...
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Rachel Valentine Smith is a director, producer, designer, and filmmaker. She joined The Faction...
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