Shakespeare, but not as we know it

Theatre: Hamlet Lyttelton, National Theatre, London SE1 ...

Theatre: The Lady from the Sea Bridge ...

It’s the end of August and I’m crammed into the window seat of a small artisan’s cottage preserved in the spirit of turn-of-the-century Donegal, Ireland. The fireplace, still in regular use, gives out

Alexander Larman on Theatre

A play about parents meeting the man who killed their son is deeply affecting and an Irish import deserves to be described as a modern classic, but the new direction of the National Theatre gets off to a shaky start

The quintessential intellectual playwright whose erudition convinces theatregoers they are far cleverer and better-read than they actually are