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Guide to THE BEST events in October

Best books… Susie Dent Countdown ’s lexicographer picks ...

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

Urbanites seek a rural idyll in Mike Bartlett’s new play, the audience is asked to imagine what would have happened if Marlowe had outlived Shakespeare and a fascinating work by A. A. Milne about a literary fraud is revived

Best books… Nigel Planer The comedian and actor ...

Theatre: The Harder They Come Theatre Royal ...