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Personal Enemy
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Venue White Bear, Kennington (click for full venue information)

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Genres 20th CenturyDrama
Begins previews 15 June 2010
Closing / Booking until 11 July 2010
Show times Tuesday - Sat @ 7:30pm, except for Sat 26th June @ 6pm, No performance on Tues 6th July, replaced by performance on Mon 5th @ 7:30pm. Sundays @ 6:00pm, except Sun 11th @ 5:30pm and Sunday 27th 7:30.
Production website http://www.whitebeartheatre.co.uk/productions/
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One of two Osborne plays censored and lost for over half a century by the Lord Chamberlain’s office, but found in the British Library last year.

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Lost plays by great writers are often less sadly overlooked than best left alone

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Review Moments of Osborne's passion and searing skill flare up thrillingly in what proves an extremely stylish, sleek, and superbly acted production from director David Aula. It pays undeniable, historically rich rewards, but the reverence of Aula's staging isn't matched by the mettle of this derivative, mannered, shamefully sexist script.
Written by Lucy Powell
Full review http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/190171/personal-enemy
 

A sensational revival that deserves wider exposure

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Review This is the second play in recent months to shatter the myth that John Osborne was a theatrical neophyte when he burst on to the scene with Look Back in Anger. Briefly seen (in heavily censored form) in Harrogate in 1955, this gripping piece, cowritten with Anthony Creighton, tackles the paranoia pervading middle America at the time of the McCarthy hearings. As Jamie Andrews points out in his introduction to the published edition, it is not difficult to see the play as a metaphor for the persecution of homosexuals in 1950s Britain.
Written by Michael Billington
Full review http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/jun/29/personal-enemy-review
 
 


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