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Riots and indecent proposals: how Pirandello upended the theatrical scene A century ago, Six Characters in Search of an Author helped a minor Italian writer and Mussolini fan to cause literary pandemonium 10 May 2021 • 5:00am Who's in charge here?: the 2009 Bristol Old Vic production of Six Characters in Search of an Author Credit: Bristol Old Vic It’s mid-evening on May 10 1921, and in a dark alley behind the Teatro Valle in Rome, Luigi Pirandello is surreptitiously trying to make a getaway, his daughter Lietta by his side. The world premiere of his play Six Characters in Search of an Au...

Are David Tennant and Michael Sheen friends? The Staged stars returned in 2021 for season 2, so let’s consider their friendship.

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Bloomsbury) The Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost 50 years promises “murder, mayhem and no shortage of drama” in contemporary Nigeria. The Thursday Murder Club 2 by Richard Osman (Viking) Last year the Pointless co-host’s cosy crime debut set in a retirement home broke sales records; here comes the sequel. Waters of Salvation by Richard Coles (W&N) A new crime series from everyone’s favourite vicar begins as a proposal to refurbish a village church ends in murder; Canon Daniel Clement must investigate. O...