Benedict Nightingale

Les Misérables: From Stage to Screen

A Dream Beyond All Dreams   Cameron Mackintosh The Origins Hugo & His France Enter Cameron Mackintosh Preparing Les Misérables for London The London Opening Jean Valjean Inspector Javert Thénardier, Fantine & Significant Others To America Les Misérables Goes Global The School Edition Beyond the Barricade The 25th Anniversary The Journey to the Screen The Director’s …

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What Happened To Her Diary: Mrs Wilson’s Diary, new political musical from Theatre Workshop, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 1967

As satiric comedy, Mrs Wilson’s Diary rates, I suppose, an approximate beta-plus Make monkeys? Richard Ingrams and John Wells, co-authors from Private Eye, are not even as mean as that. Their ‘affectionate lampoon’, as they call it, lacks edge, bite and serious critical impetus. Images Bob Grant as George Brown Myvanwy Jean as Mrs Wilson and Sandra …

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