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Published:19 July 2007

In the wings

DO I wake or sleep?
It appears the great Romantic poet Keats has once again taken up
residence at Keats House in Hampstead.
For the remaining weekends (Fri-Sun) of July, poetry lovers can catch a play based on Keats’s correspondence with, among others, his love Fanny Brawne, whom poverty prevented him from marrying.
Keats in Hampstead, written and directed by James Veitch, costs £5 (£4 concs) and includes admission to Keats House.

ALMOST 400 years after it was penned, the first play written in English by a woman will get a rare airing.
Mariam, written by Elizabeth Carys in 1613, explores the relationship between King Herod and his infamous spouse Salome, with a feminist slant way ahead of its time. It will be performed for one night only at the King’s Head Theatre in Upper Street as part of the Forgotten Classics series, on Sunday July 22.

A SERIAL killer called the Executioner is stalking the streets of 1950s Chicago, leaving dollar bill calling cards in his victims’ mouths.
Bright young things aged 18-25 from the Camden Town-based Young Person’s Theatre Company are performing hard-boiled crime noir Flamingo Blues at the Unicorn Theatre in Tooley Street.The show runs until July 22.

BILLING itself as an antidote to staid theatre-land shows, The West End Festival of Performance promises inspiring new thrills and spills.
These come in the many guises – Chilli Boy, Shoo Shoo Baby, Creena Defoouie and sexual raconteur Peter Searles – including a lean towards the celebrity with Kate Bush, James Dean and Madonna tribute
performers.
The festival runs from July 23 to August 11.

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