A great tribute to a giant of the theatre | Alexander Larman
This article is taken from the March 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine…
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Is the “George R. R. Martin effect” real? | Alexander Larman
This summer, the RSC are staging another sweeping historical epic full of betrayal,…
Intriguing flaws | Alexander Larman
Sir Terence Rattigan believed that Man and Boy, his 1963 play about the downfall of a…
Why are republicans still so unsuccessful? | Alexander Larman
With bad news upon bad news for the royal family, why do its political opponents remain so…
High Noon is a disappointing evening | Alexander Larman
This article is taken from the February 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine…
Stage fright | Alexander Larman
When Indhu Rubasingham became the new artistic director of the National Theatre, there…
Was Shakespeare really a black woman? | Alexander Larman
The Shakespeare authorship question — the belief that various academics, actors and…
Enter stage right? | Alexander Larman
The news that the independent press Old Sovereign Publishing is to fund a new theatrical…
Must we burn Samuel Pepys? | Alexander Larman
The news that pupils — pupils! — at the diarist Samuel Pepys’s alma mater Hinchingbrooke…
Classic humour? | Alexander Larman
Christmas is traditionally panto season, which is no bad thing, but some of the more…
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