Michael Bogdanov

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Joy, radicalism and bare bottoms: the Young Vic turns 50
The giant street party has been cancelled. But there are still plans to celebrate the theatre that wowed young crowds, championed black playwrights and conjured finales from Italian cuisine

Michael Billington

07, Sep, 2020 @3:39 PM

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Letter: Michael Bogdanov on the cricket pitch
David Joss Buckley writes: Michael Bogdanov was a great sports fan – and always excitable

David Joss Buckley

27, Apr, 2017 @4:44 PM

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Michael Bogdanov obituary
Theatre director and founder of the English Shakespeare Company whose 1980 production of The Romans in Britain led to an obscenity trial

Michael Coveney

18, Apr, 2017 @3:59 PM

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Theatre director Michael Bogdanov dies aged 78
Welsh director was best known for The Romans in Britain, which led to an obscenity trial, and for co-founding the English Shakespeare Company

Chris Wiegand

18, Apr, 2017 @9:15 AM

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Best Shakespeare productions: what's your favourite Romeo and Juliet?

Shakespeare's poorly plotted tragedy turns on the shortcomings of the Veronese postal service and is eclipsed by West Side Story – yet the best productions overcome these defects, writes Michael Billington

Michael Billington

09, Apr, 2014 @12:33 PM

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Best Shakespeare productions: The Taming of the Shrew
It's the 'barbaric, disgusting play' that Michael Billington once demanded never be performed again. But, as well as its characters, is there a chance of redemption for the play itself?

Michael Billington

03, Apr, 2014 @7:00 AM

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Best Shakespeare productions: Henry VI trilogy

The complete trilogy – as staged over the years by Terry Hands, Michael Bogdanov and Michael Boyd – made a lasting impression on Michael Billington. Which are your favourite versions?

Michael Billington

30, Mar, 2014 @7:30 AM

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No sex please, we're in the theatre

Lyn Gardner: Stephen Ward has an orgy on stage and Beauty and Beast lets it all hang out, but it's suggestion that is most erotic

Lyn Gardner

20, Dec, 2013 @3:07 PM

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The National theatre at 50: Michael Billington's view from the stalls

As the National gets Rufus Norris as a new boss, Michael Billington assesses how his predecessors shaped a British institution – for better or worse

Michael Billington

18, Oct, 2013 @9:25 AM

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Ban This Filth!: Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive by Ben Thompson – review
An entertaining look at the correspondence of TV's self-appointed moral monitor. By Stuart Jeffries

Stuart Jeffries

26, Oct, 2012 @7:00 AM

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'Now cross the Andes.' In praise of the impossible stage direction
Mark Lawson: Whether it's calling for live bear attacks or expeditions across imaginary mountains, playwrights have made some intriguing demands. But part of the thrill of theatre is seeing what can't happen

Mark Lawson

12, Jun, 2012 @11:56 AM

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The Saturday interview: Nicolas Kent

The artistic director of London's Tricycle Theatre is leaving after a 28-year tenure. So what next for the man who put real-life politics, from Iraq to last year's riots, on stage?

Stuart Jeffries

18, Feb, 2012 @12:04 AM

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