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   <title><![CDATA[Travelling Light (Lyttelton Theatre)]]></title>
   <link>http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2012/01/motl-wright-fantasy-cinema</link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Andrew Billen</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Andrew Billen fails to be charmed by a film fantasy with no roots in reality.</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Hamlet (Young Vic, London)]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Andrew Billen</dc:creator>
  
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   <title><![CDATA[Beethoven: the Symphonies (Barbican, London)]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Alexandra Coghlan</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Alexandra Coghlan revels in a ferocious tribute to Beethoven.</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Marat/Sade (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford)]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Andrew Billen</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Andrew Billen is unmoved by a play that labours too hard to shock.</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Grief (Cottesloe Theatre, London)]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Andrew Billen</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Mike Leigh’s postwar parlour play underwhelms Andrew Billen.</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[The Book of Mormon]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Gina Allum</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Shop around in New York and you’ll find satirical gems, writes Gina Allum.</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Richard III]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Andrew Billen</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>For Andrew Billen, this Shakespeare production is the event of the year.</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[The Merchant of Venice]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Andrew Billen</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Shakespeare, transposed to a glitzy Las Vegas.</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Betrayal]]></title>
   <link>http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2011/06/play-pinter-affair-betrayal</link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Tom Calvocoressi</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>This play is Pinterism by stealth.</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[A Delicate Balance]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Andrew Billen</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Some things are best left unsaid - as these two plays prove.</em></p>

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