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Anonymous – review
A dozen years ago in his delightful jeu d'esprit Shakespeare in Love, Tom Stoppard wove a beguiling, knowledgeable comedy around the Elizabethan theatre and the writing of Romeo and Juliet. Anonymous...
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From tenor man to Wicker Man ... Plácido Domingo's 40th anniversary celebrations at the Royal Opera House are hit and miss with critics, while a cult horror film is being turned into a stage musical....
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Richard II: a play for today
For decades, Shakespeare's Richard II was regarded as a piece of conservative camp. But on the eve of a major new production, its tale of heads of state falling from power seems startlingly relevant...
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Heartbreak House – review
Chichester festival theatreWhile Bertolt Brecht triumphs at the Chichester Minerva with Arturo Ui, George Bernard Shaw is blandly revived in the city's main house. In its angry indictment of the...
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Janet Suzman 'mad as a snake' over Rylance and Shakespeare 'myths'
Actress tries to bury claim that Shakespeare had to have been an aristocrat to write his playsIt is a clash involving three of the titans of Shakespearean acting, in a theatrical year dominated by the...
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Trailer trash
The Queen enjoys vintage royal footage, while Derek Jacobi's Sidney Turtlebaum character is set to ride againRoyal albumTrash was thrilled to witness the Queen visiting BFI Southbank last week as the...
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Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi tie the knot, while Tina Fey lets rip at...
In this week's roundup: illustrious actors to star in a new sitcom called Vicious Old Queens, and Fey makes her displeasure known at 'grey-faced men' sounding off about rapeThis week's comedy newsHow's...
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Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi play gay couple in Vicious ITV comedy
Family Guy and Will & Grace writer Gary Janetti's sitcom will feature actors playing a book-reading, bickering coupleSir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi are to star in a comedy as a gay couple...
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Love Is the Devil: the view from the art world
The Guardian's art critic Adrian Searle gave his opinion of the film shortly after its release: he was impressed by the accuracy of Jacobi's performance, if not by the insertion of YBAs into the pub...
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Love Is the Devil – read the original review
On its release in 1998, the Guardian hailed John Maybury's biopic of Francis Bacon as a 'brilliantly sustained imagining'. Read Richard Williams' full review belowI came out of John Maybury's Love Is...
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Love Is the Devil and Caravaggio - watch the double bill here
Our season of British cult classics gets off to an arty start with a duo of films about Francis Bacon and CaravaggioLove Is the Devil, the 1998 film directed by John Maybury, is many things: the first...
View ArticleLove Is the Devil: watch the film on demand
Love Is the Devil, the award-winning study of painter Francis Bacon,starring Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig, will be available to watch here from 9 November
View ArticleBritish cult classics double bill: Love is the Devil and Caravaggio - video
To mark the opening of our season of BFI double bills, Peter Bradshaw introduces John Maybury's Francis Bacon biopic Love is the Devil and Derek Jarman's CaravaggioPeter BradshawHenry Barnes
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Roger Hammond obituary
Actor known for his roles as clergymen, favourite uncles and tragic-comic charactersThere is a great tradition in the rotundity of actors, and Roger Hammond, who has died aged 76 of cancer, stands...
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TV review: Last Tango in Halifax; Fresh Meat
This all-too-familiar, bittersweet rom-com – which has a stellar cast including Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid – did offer one big surpriseThere are some titles that make my heart sink. Last Tango in...
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Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace;...
A tale of teenage sweethearts reunited via Facebook 60 years later confounded expectations, while in Homeland, Carrie and Brody dabbled in a romance facing even trickier hurdlesLast Tango in Halifax...
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Last Tango in Halifax: an Age UK executive's view
The BBC drama about a couple in their 70s may not change the treatment of older people but at least it depicts two real, healthy and sane lead characters, says Lucy Harmer of Age UKAfter retirement,...
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Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi play gay couple in Vicious ITV comedy
Family Guy and Will & Grace writer Gary Janetti's sitcom will feature actors playing a book-reading, bickering coupleSir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi are to star in a comedy as a gay couple...
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Love Is the Devil: the view from the art world
The Guardian's art critic Adrian Searle gave his opinion of the film shortly after its release: he was impressed by the accuracy of Jacobi's performance, if not by the insertion of YBAs into the pub...
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Love Is the Devil – read the original review
On its release in 1998, the Guardian hailed John Maybury's biopic of Francis Bacon as a 'brilliantly sustained imagining'. Read Richard Williams' full review belowI came out of John Maybury's Love Is...
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