Dorfman

Why is there no one at the National Theatre preventing these duds getting staged?

28 November 2015 9:00 am

Wallace Shawn is a lovely old sausage. A stalwart of American theatre, he’s taken cameo roles in classic movies like…

Mr Nice Guy: Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet

Nice work

12 September 2015 9:00 am

You can’t play the part of Hamlet, only parts of Hamlet. And the bits Benedict Cumberbatch offers us are of…

Own goal

20 June 2015 9:00 am

For nine years Patrick Marber has grappled with writer’s block (which by some miracle doesn’t affect his screenplay work), but…

Ayckbourn again

11 April 2015 9:00 am

Experts are concerned that Alan Ayckbourn’s plays may soon face extinction. Fewer than 80 of these precious beasts still exist…