Arts & Leisure
Sunday Feb 17th, 2013
The tragic death of an actor
The farce is at its height: the old clown in the armchair is surrounded by whirling figures in outlandish doctors’ costumes, welcoming him into their brotherhood with a mock initiation ceremony. He takes the Latin oath: ‘Juro’, falters. His face crumples. The audience gasps – is something wrong? But the clown is grinning now, all is well, the dancing grows frenzied, the play rushes on to its end. Not till the next day will the audience find… read more »
Thursday May 23rd, 2013
The old shall be made new
Simon Wright on new issues and performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ unpublished work
Tuesday May 21st, 2013
One hundred years of The Rite of Spring
Meghann Wilhoite on the riotous composition
Tuesday
May 14th, 2013
10 moments I love in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby that aren’t in Baz Luhrmann’s film
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