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Derek Jacobi RSS feedGreats gather for Sir John Mortimer
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<b>Video: </b>It was evident from those who packed Southwark Cathedral for a celebration of the life of Sir John Mortimer that the playwright, barrister and creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, was very much loved by all2009-11-17T14:03:19ZTwelfth Night is light on laughs
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Gregory Doran's production of Twelfth Night, which transfers to London in December, has enchanting moments.2009-10-21T23:00:00ZThe Dreamboat: Rupert Evans
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Actor Rupert Evans may have chiselled cheekbones and a nice line in noblemen, but in reality he is charmingly guileless and just a little bit accident-prone. Hermione Eyre meets
a lovely luvvie2009-10-02T10:41:59ZTheatre virgins flock to see Jude Law
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Thousands of people visited the theatre for the first time as part of the Donmar's 'high-risk' season of shows in the West End2009-09-29T09:14:08ZSting's latest hit: love story of Schumann
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Sting and his wife Trudie Styler are telling the love story of German composer Robert Schumann and musician Clara Wieck on a fundraising venture to introduce thousands to opera for the first time2009-09-23T12:59:58ZDull and overlong traipse through Charles Dickens's England
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Charles Dickens's England is painful in the extreme, showing how even the best actor can be made uncomfortable by clumsy direction.2009-07-23T23:00:00ZShakespeare did not write his own plays, claims Sir Derek Jacobi
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Two leading Shakespearean actors have joined the doubters who believe the bard did not write the plays2009-04-23T09:32:22ZOlivier for playwright with fresh stage plans
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain's most popular and prolific playwrights, is set to do more work in London after the huge success of his Norman Conquests trilogy at the Old Vic2009-03-09T08:54:59ZDrag race for the Olivier awards
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Drag-queen musical La Cage aux Folles leads the charge at this year's Olivier theatre awards2009-02-03T08:58:16ZCritics hail Tennant for part-time Hamlet
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David Tennant has been honoured for the best Shakespearean performance of the year despite his limited London run2009-01-27T14:22:36ZRumpole's creator John Mortimer is dead at 85
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Sir John Mortimer, the barrister who created the fictional Rumpole Of The Bailey, has died at the age of 852009-01-16T15:37:55ZAges of man at the Donmar
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Dozens of students and pensioners are to tread the boards of a West End stage in an education project by the Donmar Warehouse2009-01-07T09:10:10ZI’ll never be ready for Christmas – so bring it on
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The three-year-old, whipped into a state of exquisite anticipation, stares unhappily at the tree. "It takes too long to get Christmastime," she says, with piercing toddler woe2008-12-23T09:23:30ZJacobi is exquisitely funny in Twelfth Night
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Michael Grandage's triumphant advance upon the West End continues with a treasurable Twelfth Night that discovers a renewed sense of comedy.2008-12-11T00:00:00ZGrandage, the one-man hit machine
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After the triumphant opening of his Twelfth Night last night, the Donmar’s artistic director tells how the play has been as good as therapy for him2008-12-11T09:06:48ZMiniskirts at a beauty contest have inspired me
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I was not expecting this but the King's College heat of the Miss University London beauty pageant on Tuesday night has made me feel glad to be alive2008-12-11T10:24:07ZFor Germans, the PM's no Messiah
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The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, tellingly remarked in the House of Commons this week of his role in the economic downturn: "Not only have we saved the world ...". Unfortunately, the world begs to differ, or at least, the German finance minister does2008-12-11T10:21:46ZThe Sheekey girls
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For decades, theatre stars of the Fifties and Sixties have stared out from the walls of J Sheekey's restaurant in the West End2008-11-26T08:30:49ZA critique of capitalism, Little Dorritt could not be more relevant
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George Bernard Shaw declared Little Dorrit "a more seditious book than Das Kapital"; George Orwell said that "in Little Dorrit, Dickens attacked English institutions with a ferocity that has never since been approached". This Sunday the BBC kicks off its 14-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens story adapted for the screen by Andrew Davies.2008-10-21T07:50:24Z25 events to raise your spirits this autumn
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Something might be rotten in the City but in London’s arts world there’s plenty to be upbeat about. Here’s our pick of must-sees to brighten up longer nights2008-09-24T07:21:55ZThe man with the Midas touch
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Michael Grandage has transformed the Donmar into a theatrical powerhouse. Now he explains why he's offering Dench, Law and Branagh in the West End for only a tenner.2008-08-19T10:52:03ZWe're so in love: Sienna Miller and married boyfriend share a laugh over lunch
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Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty looked every inch the loving couple as they enjoyed lunch together at a Greek restaurant in Malibu.2008-08-11T08:26:11ZFox is first Londoner to take role of Billy Elliot
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In three years, there have been 15 Billy Elliots on the West End stage. But there's never been a Londoner - until now2008-06-20T07:29:39ZThea Sharrock is a National star
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Can modern urban women have it all? asks a new play. Not without a struggle, says theatre's hottest female talent, director Thea Sharrock.2008-01-14T11:43:18ZJust the bear essentials
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Philip Pullman's far-reaching fantasy, The Golden Compass, looks stunning on screen but the adaptation sacrifices the author's imaginative vision.2007-12-06T00:00:00ZDi Caprio in line for I, Claudius role
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Leonardo DiCaprio could star in a Hollywood version of I, Claudius after a producer won the rights to the famous book.2007-09-07T07:36:22ZPlays v musicals: facts and figures
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An Evening Standard investigation into the state of West End theatre shows musicals in danger of finishing off straight plays. But what are the figures?2006-11-21T13:46:24ZCritics' choice: top five plays
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Book now for highlights including Oz prequel Wicked, Derek Jacobi's brilliant performance in A Voyage Round My Father and a last chance to see Rabbit.2006-10-03T12:01:34ZWhat next for Matt and David?
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As their live show arrives in London, the UK's favourite comedy duo talk about their private lives, public adulation and what the future holds after Little Britain.2006-09-29T11:03:27ZJacobi's curmudgeon is wonderfully played
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Derek Jacobi is superb as the blind, bullying, barrister father at the centre of Thea Sharrock's production of A Voyage Round My Father.2006-09-24T23:00:00Z