20 JANUARY 1990, page 37

Cinema

Haunted by the past Hilary Mantel T he swimming pool is palm-fringed and a dazzling blue; on a sunshine-coloured air-bed there bobs a film star, biceps glistening, eyes......

Theatre

Scenes From An Execution (Almeida) Seven Lears (Royal Court) Venetian virago Christopher Edwards T wo productions of the work of Howard Barker have opened in London. The first,......