John Hodgkinson Archives

Will Close as the Young Gareth Southgate in 1996. (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Dear England, Olivier NT (2023) transfers to the Prince Edward 9th October 2023. Now BBC series planned.

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:23 June 2023
Post category:London but not West End News Play Review
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Dream Team... Graham, Goold and Gareth Southgate! "Against Columbia, you did something for this country, no others have ever done! "Dr Pippa Grange"You made us respond with moments of laughter…

David Harewood as William F Buckley and Zachary Quinto as Gore Vidal. (Photo: Johan Persson)

REVIEW: Best of Enemies, Noël Coward Theatre (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:6 December 2022
Post category:Play Review West End
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Play of the Year "Witness who we really are.. " James Baldwin David Harewood as William F Buckley and Zachary Quinto as Gore Vidal. (Photo: Johan Persson) I was fortunate…

David Harewood as William F Buckley (Photo: Wasi Daniju)

REVIEW: Best of Enemies, Young Vic (2021) to transfer to the West End in November 2022. Theatre not yet announced

Post author:Francis Beckett
Post published:12 December 2021
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In the debate scenes, the actors speak the words that Vidal and Buckley actually spoke. Outside the debates, they confer with their advisers about how to beat the other man, and – vain in a way that only television can make people – they protest to the network that the other man is getting more of the camera.