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THEATRE REVIEW: Mark Haddon’s ‘Polar Bears’

By Ray Bennett LONDON – British writer Mark Haddon, whose 2003 novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” told of a boy with Asperger syndrome, turns his attention to a young woman with bipolar disorder for his … Continue reading

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THEATRE REVIEW: Pinter’s ‘The Lover’ and ‘The Collection’

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter has long been fascinated by the tension that exists between two men who love the same woman. It got out of hand in the recent film version of Kenneth Branagh’s … Continue reading

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TV REVIEW: Lee Evans in ‘The History of Mr. Polly’

By Ray Bennett LONDON — The fanciful style that H.G. Wells employed for his 1910 comic novel “The History of Mr. Polly” is difficult to transfer to the screen but ITV has done a good job with its new version … Continue reading

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