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Staging the radio play – the audio-visual world of ‘Under Milk Wood’

“Love the words!”That was the crisp command from Dylan Thomas, the 20th-century Welsh poet, to the cast of his radio play Under Milk Wood, just before a rehearsal in...

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‘The Little Clay Cart’ brings Sanskrit back to life

As students left Oxford on the last weekend of Hilary, I visited St John’s...

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40 years after the miners’ strike, James Graham’s ‘This House’ still has a lot to offer

‘Humphrey: ‘If the right people don’t have power, do you know what happens? The...

Theatre Thomas Armstrong -

Persuading the public: The play as propaganda

The play as propaganda has a long history. From the regime-affirming productions of Hieron,...

Theatre Nancy Gittus -

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Theatre

Staging the radio play – the audio-visual world of ‘Under Milk Wood’

‘The Little Clay Cart’ brings Sanskrit back to life

40 years after the miners’ strike, James Graham’s ‘This House’ still has a lot to offer

Persuading the public: The play as propaganda

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