Longing for vengeance, he waited in hunger and thirst for his long lost admirer. The night hid him in the dark, the earth and the woods were his haven. He is a fallen angel, a catastrophic lover, the trodden Prince of Wallachia, but a vampire in revenge. His partisans await his reprise with a celebration. [...]
Modern-dress Shakespeare has been with us for nearly a century, long enough to cease being a novelty or in need of justification. Barry Jackson’s 1920s Cymbeline at Birmingham Rep with the cast in first world war uniform is the key example we were shown pictures of as sixth-formers in the late 40s. Traditional dress, however [...]
Golshifteh Farahani, co-star of the 2008 spy drama ‘Body of Lies’ with Leonardo DiCaprio, had moved from native Iran to Paris a year ago. She appeared in the news magazine ‘Madame Le Figaro’ in protest against the ultra-conservative cultural policies.
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