We have decided to resurrect Oscar Wilde one last time before gently sliding him back into his suitably ostentatious Parisian grave, and moving on to an ambitious new project. “I have put my genius into my life and only my talent into my works,” Oscar fibbed, having liberally sprinkled his…
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John Waters doesn’t believe in ghosts, yet he’s been seeing one most nights for the last four months. That’s because the veteran of Australian screens, theatres and concert stages is starring in the dramatisation of Susan Hill’s spooky novel, The Woman in Black, the titular character of which is a…
Joanna Murray-Smith is torn. On the one hand the acclaimed playwright is an in-demand adaptor of classic works not written in English. On the other hand she’s suspicious of the need for such adaptations (as opposed to existing translations) in the first place. It’s a demand stemming from the burning…