At the risk of introducing a Scrooge-like tone to New Year celebrations, advance cultural publicity is prone to humbug. Several of the most anticipated 2015 productions – including Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet and the National Theatre’s wonder.land – proved disappointing. Conversely, one of my recent highlights– the world premiere of Arthur Miller’s lost first play, No Villain, at the Old Red Lion pub theatre – had not featured in any previews.But, with that caveat and taking the additional precaution of featuring some 2016 transfers of work, these are some dates underlined in my diary.The Master Builder (Old Vic, London, from 23 Jan)Having moved into the front rank of stage actors with his larynx-twisting marathon in Sha
29 December 2015, The Tablet
Certainties and surprises
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