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Review: ARCHDUKE, Royal Court

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By Alexander Cohen
| BroadwayWorld Verified
We know how it ends. Two men meet in a tunnel, one introduces himself as Gavrilo, and the stage is set for the prelude to one of the most significant episodes of 20th century history. But Rajiv Joseph's Archduke has little interest in historical reenactment. Instead, it reimagines the Serbian nationalist assassins as distinctly 21st century losers who can barely handle themselves, let alone a pistol. Archduke’s real concern is the present.
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Review: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, The Old Vic

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By Alexander Cohen
| BroadwayWorld Verified
Toxic masculinity is shaping up as the West End's theme of the year. The Almeida’s American Psycho revival satirised yuppie egoism and The Royal Court's Are You Watching? wades through the sewers of internet voyeurism. David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross is the ur-text of all of it. Salesmen fight for survival in a competition where first prize is a Cadillac and the rest get fired. Bravado is as economics and machismo is the method.
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Peter Shaffer should be up there with the greats

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By Alexander Cohen
| The Spectator Australia Verified
Commercial success has a way of corroding critical regard. The more popular a playwright becomes, the more the critical establishment becomes suspicious of their intellectual credentials. Consider Peter Shaffer. He collected Tonys, an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a CBE and a knighthood, and yet his reputation has contracted to a single work. Shaffer’s Amadeus premièred at the National Theatre in London in 1979. A West End transfer followed, then Broadway.
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