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  Emilia, Shakespeare's Globe, London - review: a landmark moment for the theatre

  If Shakespeare's Globe had a roof, it would have been blasted off by the thunderous ovations and cheers now greeting Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's extraordinarily rousing new play. All praise to artistic director, Michelle Terry, for perceiving the imaginative possibilities in the subject and making such a bold commission. Interest in Emilia Bassano (1569 – 1645) is confined these days to speculation over whether she might have been Shakespeare's muse – the Dark Lady of the Sonnets.

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  A timely journey into Africa's past - The Convert, review

  In a month in which the anti-colonialist, warrior-like stance of President Jammeh has plunged the Gambia into crisis, Danai Gurira’s rich and absorbing play (here, receiving its UK premiere) feels particularly relevant. It’s set in Rhodesia in 1896 and shows, with both clarity and an unswerving emotional power, the tension between ancient African traditions and the new culture instilled by British colonial rule. Jekesai (Mimi Ndiweni) is a village girl who has been brought by her aunt (Clare P

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  'EastEnders' Exits For Characters Ava Hartman And Sam James

  'EastEnders' characters Ava Hartman and Sam James will both be departing the BBC soap it has been revealed, following the news four other Walford residents have been axed. The on-screen couple - played by Clare Perkins and Cornell S John - will bow out later this year at the end of their current transplant storyline, according to Digital Spy.

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