Page 12, 9th September 2005
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The Monotheists Slug It Out
R eligious themes played an important part in this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Programmes ranged from a production of Curlew River, the first of Benjamin Britten’s church......
A Good Farce Is No Laughing Matter
Robert Tanitch Theatre F arce is a serious business and Ray Cooney is the master farceur. I am surprised that the National Theatre has never invited Cooney to direct Charley’s......
Let Us Have A Snicker With Jerry
F ew and far between are the headlines that will make me buy a paper out of curiosity, but this was one of them: “JERRY HALL POSTER BANNED ON TUBE”. As it happened I was just......
A Possessed Elvis
T he Catholic Herald last year described Nick Cave as one of the few modern rock stars who “does God”. Perhaps as a result, he has always remained at the margins of the music......