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Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy review – incurable sadness if bravely borne

Colm Tóibín introduces this welcome reprint of the US author and critic’s poignant account of orphanhood, first published in 1957

The Guardian - UK

‘Her face is a marvel!’: Vanessa Redgrave’s 20 best films – ranked!

With an oeuvre ranging from swooning Merchant Ivory serenity to bravura blasphemy, we rate the acting dynasty doyenne’s finest films as she approaches her 88th birthday

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Little Foxes; The Invention of Love – review

Daisy Edgar-Jones is on the prowl; Anne-Marie Duff channels Bette Davis; and Simon Russell Beale gleams in the literary afterlife

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The Little Foxes review – revival of southern American classic leaves questions unanswered

Anne-Marie Duff is a ruthless fighter desperate to escape her marriage and home in a production which doesn’t lack for conviction, but whose shocks and stings do not deliver

The Guardian - UK

Anne-Marie Duff is fascinatingly nasty in Lyndsey Turner’s uneven Little Foxes

3/5 Duff’s Regina is such a monster in this production that it’s hard to feel any kind of surprise or sympathy, as she manipulates and is manipulated in turn

The Independent UK

Candide review – WNO go for broke with picaresque, Pythonesque craziness

Ed Lyon stands out in the titular role and there’s some witty animation, but Bernstein’s operetta feels too frenetic, with extra fizz forcefully injected

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire; Watch on the Rhine

Rebecca Frecknall’s headlong take on Tennessee Williams captivates. And Lillian Hellman’s 1941 call to arms resonates anew

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Watch on the Rhine at the Donmar Warehouse review: movingly acted but the play feels like a museum piece

A handsomly mounted production and Lillian Hellman’s play has a message that chimes with today, it just feels very dated

Evening Standard

‘She’s writing in a state of emergency’: Lillian Hellman’s thrilling Watch on the Rhine

As Hellman’s 1941 play is revived at the Donmar Warehouse in London, director Ellen McDougall and dramaturg Emma Jude Harris explain how it remains a call to arms

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