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Lindsay Anderson directs Hamlet on stage in London
Lindsay Anderson applauds Hamlet's "extraordinary modernity of feeling and thought"

The City of Gold's Fatal Call
The Hungry Earth

William Saroyan – His Life and Times
Literary giant, writer of 'poetic shouts', novels and plays, William Saroyan, has died

Poet or criminal? How should we remember Ezra Pound?
How should Ezra Pound's fascist politics affect our appreciation of his poetry?

The World of Reggae on stage in London
The fruits of success are not all sweet for reggae star Errol in Matura's One Rule

Why the Postman always Rang Twice
News of Jack Nicholson's new film, a tribute to the late Bob Marley, the opening of Cats

The Concert Hank Williams Never Gave
Plays about Hank Williams, mystery, and miners. Plus, Robert Rauschenberg's retrospective

New Zealand Film Season
Punk-cult, political, occasionally banned, New Zealand films arrive in London

Dancing Isadora Duncan's story
A biographical ballet about radical dancer Isadora Duncan opens

Peter Ustinov is Meridian's first guest
Peter Ustinov talks about Hercule Poirot and Overheard, his play about a diplomatic affair