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Jane Clegg, Finborough Theatre
Predictable drama with feminist intimations gets classy revival
PUT UPON: Alix Dunmore (Jane)
[Carla Evans]
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
ORIGINALLY performed in 1913, St John Irvine’s Jane Clegg now appears to be the most conventional of plays.
Yet this straightforward tale of a woman realising her power remains an important historical document of a time when the portrayal of female characters in British drama was radically shifting in response to the suffragette movement.
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