Critical Essay by J. R. Brown
Noises Off is a farce, the form of drama which is most difficult to read and most easy to dismiss from serious consideration. But such doubts should not deter any reader...
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Critical Essay by Frank Rich
It's strangely involving to watch actors struggle heroically in a ludicrous play. When absolutely everything goes wrong on stage, as when everything goes right, we...
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Critical Essay by Robert Brustein
I hate to be a habitual dissenter regarding all these celebrated British imports—but I'm afraid Noises Off failed to get my pulse racing…. Watch...
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Nobody can do menace quite like F. Murray Abraham, a man born to inhabit sinister.The actor expertly demonstrates how in "Mauritius," Theresa Rebeck's slick, often unconvincing new play that can't ...
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Critical Essay by J. R. Brown
Stamps set off a scramble in `Mauritius'
