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Evil Tested

Peter Jenkins Othello (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.) Othello's tragedy derives from his consuming love for Desdemona and hers for him. Meticulous casting is necessary......

Cinema

Old Mods Ted Whitehead Quadrophenia (Plaza 1) Quadrophenia (X) is a splendid wallow in ferocious nostalgia: 1963 teenagers stuck in dead-end jobs, lumbered with beaten parents,......

Opera

Immortal Rodney Milnes The Ring (London Coliseum) One of the greatest virtues of the ENO Ring, one component of which is now nine years old, is negative: it is not overproduced.......