The 39 Steps Play, Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus, London

Advantages: Funny, Witty, Clever
Disadvantages: You would have to like taht type of old fashioned English humour

...my initial scepticism for the old fashioned English humour had passed (the first 15 minutes) I found myself laughing out loud. The comedy used was definitely English in nature; it would not have looked out of place in a Monty Python sketch. The show was a cast of four actors, playing no fewer than a hundred different parts between them! This was the brilliance of the show. The four actors...

fitch1983 14.10.2009 13:51 · Read review
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Review of The 39 Steps PLay, London

The streets of London

Advantages: A vast amount of good information
Disadvantages: Occasionally pretentious, humourless

...Peter Ackroyd obviously likes London a lot. As far as I know all of his novels are set there, and he's written acclaimed biographies of people like Blake and Dickens who are inextricably linked to the city in the popular imagination. He became famous after writing 'Hawksmoor', a novel about the sinister magical properties of various East End churches (an idea he 'borrowed' from Iain Sinclair, but...

hogsflesh 13.07.2012 09:20 · Read review
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Review of London: The Biography - Peter Ackroyd

The London Dungeon

Advantages: really scary and great acting
Disadvantages: expensive but worht it

...Introduction When I was in London for one week, I obviously have done a lot. I have visited many museums and attractions and on the last day we wanted to do something special. We have chosen to join the group to go to the London Dungeon, a horror museum in central London. Dungeons On the world are five dungeons to find in cities like Amsterdam, London and New York. You can see...

JL132 05.09.2011 17:23 · Read review
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Review of London Dungeon, London