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| Born | June 6, 1959 |
| Hometown | Old Hill, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5'10" (1.78m) |
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An Improbable Musical review – improv masters hit a glorious sweet spot
- Josie Lawrence, Niall Ashdown and Ruth Bratt’s joyful creation in action is a delight to watch
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- NewsThe Independent
Mother Courage and her Children, Southwark Playhouse, London, review: Josie Lawrence's portrayal of Brecht's anti-hero is unforgettable
A child lays on the floor, playing with toy soldiers, accompanied by what sounds like aircraft and machine guns, but in fact are the child’s imitation of these deadly weapons. Mother Courage and her Children is possibly Bertolt Brecht’s most accessible play, putting the universally understood emotion of a mother’s grief into the context of the Swedish invasion of Poland in the 17th century. Brecht is translated by Tony Kushner in 2010, neither men known for their brevity, yet the tragedy that
- NewsEvening Standard
Mother Courage and her Children, theatre review: Gruelling and abrasive take on Brecht
Bertolt Brecht’s epic play is notoriously challenging. Josie Lawrence is Courage, otherwise known as ‘the hyena of the battlefield’. The supporting cast is uneven — Laura Checkley and David Shelley make the strongest impression — and while director Hannah Chissick has some bold ideas, the elements of her deliberately rough and gutsy interpretation don’t hang together.
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Anna Maxwell Martin joins Good Omens as Beelzebub
And three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
