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Literary responses | Louise Page | LP
was so moved that she wept as she wrote this play. She later perceived an autobiographical element in it. Page, Louise. Plays: 1. Methuen. xii |
Literary responses | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Some reviews (from Michael Billington
, for instance) were favourable; others were stinkers, complaining of melodrama and missed opportunity. Since the critics' night followed the Evening Standard theatre awards (a notoriously boozy mid-day occasion),... |
Literary responses | Winsome Pinnock | In 2018 critic Michael Billington
described the play as insightful, honest, and shocking. Its shock was topical: audiences gasped when a character told he can escape deportation by securing his citizenship for fifty pounds bitterly... |
Literary responses | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Reviewer Michael Billington
thought highly of this exciting, provocative play, in which he discerned the same epic reach as in TW
's recent radio adaptation of War and Peace. Billington, Michael. “Jeffersons Garden review—Timberlake Wertenbakers American tragedy”. theguardian.com. |
Literary responses | Caryl Churchill | The author said her play was a political event, not just a theatre event. Brown, Mark. “Royal Court acts fast with Gaza crisis play”. The Guardian. |
Literary responses | Winsome Pinnock | Michael Billington
wrote that Wine in the Wilderness is about the moral value of personal truth, while Wateris about the commercial value of artistic lies. Billington, Michael. “White out”. theguardian.com. |
Literary responses | Gillian Slovo | Michael Billington
wrote that Slovo's skillfully edited pieceasks the right questions in a way that is clear, gripping and necessary. He also wrote: It is fascinating. But is it theatre? He then answered his... |
Literary responses | Winsome Pinnock | Michael Billington
in the Guardian called the whole ensemble an engrossing evening and a potent reminder that theatre, among its myriad other functions, has a mission to inform. “Winsome Pinnock”. Playwrights. |
Literary responses | Gillian Slovo | Michael Billington
found this play richly informative and utterly compelling. Billington, Michael. “Another World review—compelling insights into Islamic State”. theguardian.com. |
Literary responses | Caryl Churchill | Michael Billington
found the final section reminiscent of Samuel Beckett. He wrote: While initially it seems slight, I find it's grown steadily in the mind since I saw it. Billington, Michael. “Here We Go review’Caryl Churchill’s chilling reminder of our mortality”. theguardian.com. |
Literary responses | Pam Gems | This play brought PG
's work to the attention of critics and playgoers alike. While reviews were generally quite positive, some had difficulty accepting the play's feminist perspective. For instance, Ted Whitehead
in The Spectator... |
Literary responses | Pam Gems | Gems called her play uterine. Wandor, Michelene. Understudies. Methuen. 65 Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press. 161 Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press. 161 |
Literary responses | Harold Pinter | Michael Billington
in his biography takes the first two poems seriously, as better than Pinter's poems of the previous year. He finds alliterative exuberance in the first Billington, Michael. Harold Pinter. Faber and Faber. 29 |
Reception | Bryony Lavery | Trevor Nunn
, director of Frozen, says that BL
picks the most difficult subjects and faces them head-on, and finds that the writing is wonderfully spare and wonderfully poetic. Barnes, Anthony. “She’s British and the Toast of Broadway. Can you name her?”. The Independent. |
Reception | Caryl Churchill | Michael Billington
judged that this play felt like cramming a trunkload of ideas into a tiny case; that being too compressed for its own good made it less successful than the dazzlingLove and Information. Billington, Michael. “Ding Dong the Wicked review”. The Guardian. |
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