Misconceived revival of a dusty potboiler.

The charming Jack Studio Theatre in South East London excels at historic drama productions, and the The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton is another fine string in their bow. Mark Farrelly plays the great English writer Patrick Hamilton (who produced hit plays Rope (filmed by Hitchcock) and Gaslight, and wrote classic novels Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, Hangover Square and The Slaves of Solitude) – as well as everyone else in his life in this energetic ...

As Dame Angela Lansbury celebrates a landmark birthday, Fiona-Jane Weston, who has made a show about Lansbury's life, considers what makes her such a remarkable star.