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The Dream Factory: London’s First Playhouse and the ...

THE man tapped the tip of his quill pen on the table impatiently, but the words still refused to come. There was a hesitant tap at the door. “Yes?” His voice crackled with impatience. “If you please,

200 years of Dickens on stage and screen

Your indispensable guide to the capital

On a grim weekend this April, I made the trip to Helsingør, on Denmark’s Øresund strait. William Shakespeare never did so, but in 1586 three actors who would become his colleagues in the Lord Chamberl

The Great Exchange: Making the News in Early ...