
For four hundred years the London stage has nurtured great actors. In this celebration of their achievements, Brian Masters recreates their impact in performance, ranging from Thomas Betterton to David Garrick, Edmund Kean, Mrs Siddons, Henry Irving and dozens of others, close...



The Thunderstorm is a play written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The play was first performed in 1900 and is considered one of Strindberg's most famous works. The play is set in a rural Swedish town and follows the lives of a dysfunctional family. The father, a...

The Thunderstorm is a play written by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The play is set in a rural town in Sweden and revolves around the lives of the members of the local aristocratic family, the Alving family. The play explores themes of family dysfunction, societal norms,...