19 OCTOBER 2002, page 74

Postprandial Nightmare

Patrick Carnegy A though no one would pretend that youthful players could ever be a 'cast of choice' for Lear, the actors of the RSC's fledgling Academy have one advantage over......

Slovenly Despair

P ersonally, I find a little quiet desperation goes a long way, but evidently Mike Leigh feels differently, so here he is, after the welcome diversion into Gilbert and Sullivan......

Ridiculous Old Rascals

Charles Spencer B ack in the mid-Sixties, we had a cleaning lady called Mrs Parker. She must have been in her mid-sixties herself, and had spent her whole life, from the age of......