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2November 2019 THE WEEK

The List

Mischief Theatre takesPeter Pan Goes

Wrongontheroad. 5-10November,Cardiff,

then touring,including 13December-5 January

at AlexandraPalace,London N22 (peterpangoes

wronglive.com).

Celebrating its20-year anniversary, thehugely

popularchildren’sbookGira ffes Can’tDance

has been adapted for thestage (ages 3+).9-31

December, Curve,Leicester (curveonline.co.uk).

TwoproductionsofAChristmas Carolreturn:

at theOld Vic, JackThorne’s adaptationstars

PatersonJoseph as Scrooge (ages 8+),

23 November-18 January (oldvictheatre.com).

Meanwhilethe Bristol Old Vic’s revivalfeatures

acontemporarymusical score (ages7+).28

November-12January (bristololdvic.org.uk).

Kneehigh’s Ubu!givesAlfredJarry’sclassic

playananarchic overhaul(ages 10+). 4-21

December,Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonEC1,

thentouring till February(kneehigh.co.uk).

Somerset Househosts aSkat eAll-Nighterat

its icerink,with all-nightaccess to its24/7

exhibition.7-8December (somersethouse.org.uk).

Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood takes hispanto-

villain act toManchester,playing the wicked

stepmotherinSnowWhite andthe Seven

Dwarfs.6-29December, Opera House

Manchester (0844-8713018).

InstagrampoetNikitaGill’sfirstplay,The

Krumpus,isabout amonster whosteals

naughty childrenonChristmasEve (ages10+).

11-29December,Lawrence Batley Theatre,

Huddersfield (thelbt.org).

TheLeopardbyGiuseppe

TomasidiLampedusa, 1958

(Vintage£ 9 .99).Historical

fictionatitsbest,atender

evocationoftheauthor’s

princelyancestorsadapting

tothechangesbroughtabout

byGaribaldi’sarmyofthe

Risorgimentoin 186 0sSicily.

Notranslationdoesfulljustice

tothesubtlewitandwordplay

oftheoriginal,butVisconti’s

filmisawonderfulrendition

ofitsplayfulcharacter.

MadameBovarybyGustave

Flaubert, 1856 (Penguin

£8.99).IadoreFlaubert,and

thisishisgreatnovel–forme

thefinestinallliterature.The

storyofadulteryscandalised

society. Flaubertwastriedfor

obscenitybutperhaps hisreal

offencewastoilluminatein

perfectprosethebanalityof

Frenchprovinciallife.

HopeAgainstHopeby

NadezhdaMandelstam, 1970

(Harvill£16.99).Thewidow

ofthepoetOsipMandelstam

beginsherunforgettable

memoirwithhisarrestin 1934

foranoffendingpoemabout

Stalin.Nootherworkconveys

aswelltheatmosphereofthe

1930 sterror,norhowRussian

peoplesurviveditbylistening

totheirgreatpoets.

Sabbath’sTheaterbyPhilip

Roth, 1995 (Vintage£ 9 .99).

Publishedinthe 1 990s,this

isthefirstofRoth’slate

masterworks, andthe most

powerful.It isamodernKing

Learofabook,fullofrage

andtragi-comicimpotence,

thestoryofasixtysomething

man,apuppeteerandsexual

adventurer,goingthrough

anexistentialcrisisashe

losescontrolofhispowers

ofmanipulation.

InSearchofLostTimeby

MarcelProust, 191 3(Vol.1,

Vintage£8.99).It’slongand

challenging,youneedafew

freeweekstogetthroughit,

andyoumustn’tletthefirst

200 pagesputyouoff,but

itissupremelyrewarding,

notsomuchforitsbrilliant

evocationoffin-de-siècle

Frenchsociet y,asforits

perceptionsabouthow we

live intime,alwaysmediating

lifethroughmemory.

Bestbooks... Orlando Figes

The writerand historian pickshis favourite books.The latestofhis nine

titleson Russianand European historyisThe Europeans:Three Lives and

the Making ofaCosmopolitanCulture,publishedby Allen Laneat £30

The Week’s guide to what to book this Christmas

Somerset House’s Skate All-Nighter

Television

Programmes

HisDarkMaterialsJames

McAvoy,RuthWilsonandLin-

ManuelMirandastarinthe

much-anticipatedadaptation

ofPhilipPullman’sepictrilogy

offantasynovelsaboutan

orphanedgirl.Sun3Nov,

BBC120:00(60mins).

PuppetMasters:TheMen

WhoReallyRunBritain

Dispatchesinvestigatesthe

twocontroversialpolitical

advisersattheepicentre

ofBrexit:No.10’sDominic

CummingsandLabour’s

SeumasMilne.Mon4Nov,

C420:00(30mins).

ABritishGuidetotheEnd

oftheWorldAnintriguing

accountofhowBritain

prepareditselffornuclear

attackduringtheColdWar,

usingunseenarchivefootage

andpersonaltestimonies.Mon

4Nov,BBC 42 1:00(75mins).

Inside theSupermarket

Anew six-part series goes

behind the scenes at

Sainsbury’s over the course

of ayear, fro mthe boardroom

to the shop floor. Thur7Nov,

BBC1 20:00 (60mins).

TheFallofthe BerlinWall

Thirty years on, John Simpson

looks back on his reporting

on the events of 1989 and

re-examines the story. Thur

7Nov,BBC421:00 (60mins).

Films

Silence(2016) Adam Driver

and Andrew Garfield star in

Martin Scorsese’s brutal

drama about missionaries

in 17th century Japan. Sun

3Nov,BBC222:30 (150mins).

20 FeetfromStardom

(2013)Powerful documentary

that shinesaligh tonbacking

singers, with contributions

from Bruce Springsteen and

Stevie Wonder. Tue5Nov,

Film4 00:55 (115mins).

Titles in print are available from The Week Bookshop on 020-3176 3835. For out-of-print books visit biblio.co.uk

Coming up for sale

Over 70art, antique and

contemporary dealers will

set up shop in Olympia for

theWinter Art&Antiques

Fair 2019,nowin its

29thyear.Thisyear’s

talksincludetheAntiques

Roadshow’sJudith Miller on

thechangingantiques market,

as wellas highlight tours

andachampagnebar. 5-10

November, Olympia, London

W14;olympia-antiques.com.

The Archers:what happened last week
Jim worries about what to play at Joe’s wake. Making himself at home at Eddie and Clarrie’s, Alf is
already ruffling feathers, borrowing money and making insensitive remarks. At The Bull, Alf chats
to Toby and stirs up gossip about Oliver and Tracy. Joy goes to Bridge Farm on the search for
missing Hilda, withabarmy plan. David and Adam meet in The Bull to prepare for their meeting
with Vince Casey, but Casey turns up, ambushing them with questions. Elizabeth talks to Russ
about her recovery and plans for the Christmas show. As rumours spread about Tracy and Oliver,
Tracy’s motives are called into question. David tells Oliver about Casey taking Hassett Hills’ lamb.
Elizabeth reveals to an embarrassed Oliver that people are starting to talk. Alice and Peggy discuss
the rewilding project. Kate tells Alice it’s off with Jakob, but Alice isn’t convinced. Hilda returns and
gives birth to kittens. To Oliver’s horror, Tracy is amused by the gossip and calls him disloyal.
Clearing out Joe’s room, Eddie and Alf find an intriguing letter from someone called Carmen.
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