The Demon Barber: a suitable case for Occam's razor

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Stephen Sondheim's musical 'Sweeney Todd' has been performed around the world since it was premiered on Broadway in 1979. It has attracted opera companies because around 80% of the material is sung, while most of the dialogue scenes have underscoring. This has led to fierce debate about whether it is really a musical, or whether it is closer to being an opera. Sondheim himself believes that the audience's expectations define a performance, and that the piece should be simply accepted in its own right.

Criticism and interpretation, Sweeney Todd (Play)

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Taking the bore out of Shaw

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Michael Grandage's new production of George Bernard Shaw's 'The Doctor's Dilemma' at the Almeida theatre in London, England, disproves the widely-held view that Shaw's plays are uninteresting. Grandage believes that much of this play's spirit derives from Cornwall, England, where it was written. He has wanted to produce the play for a long time, but this does not mean that he has hesitated to make changes to the text. He has kept to the play's original period, but has removed unnecessary details.

Authorship, Shaw, George Bernard (British playwright), The Doctor's Dilemma (Play)

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