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Bride Of Kong

Mark Steyn A ccording to the 'old Arabian proverb' that opens King Kong: ' And the prophet said: "And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And it stayed its hand from......

More Head Than Heart

Toby Young Sweeney Todd Trafalgar Studios at the Whitehall Theatre The Night Season Cottesloe T he taste of the public and the critics rarely coincides, particularly when it......

John Doyle, One Of Britain's Leading Practitioners Of...

has come up with a nifty solution to the underwriting problem: he's masterminded a production of Sweeney Todd that only requires a cast of nine — and they double up as the......