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New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story

Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) latest offering is a striking adaptation of the 1938 gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.

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Rebecca review – Nikki Shiels is magnificent in confused Daphne du Maurier adaptation

Melbourne Theatre CompanyThe performances are rich and compelling in Anne-Louise Sarks’ take on the famed and haunting 1938 novel, but some aspects fail to land

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Vivid, thrilling and ghastly: new theatrical adaptation of The Birds evokes climate disaster, terrorism and lockdown

Malthouse’s new production of The Birds is a thrillingly realised take on the 1952 short story by Daphne Du Maurier. Adapted by Louise Fox and directed by Matthew Lutton, this vivid realisation is a chilling treatise on fear and resilience in the face of an external threat.

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The Birds review – sparse, one-woman adaptation is a feat of sound design

There’s a pair of headphones on every seat of this theatre, turning Daphne du Maurier’s short story into a symphony of dread

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier review – gaslighting and grief

Actor Holliday Grainger narrates Du Maurier’s dark study of suppressed desire and tragedy

The Guardian - UK

Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body review – an Olympic revelation from first to last

Hollywood’s Tarzan, a swimmer from Blackpool and devout Eric Liddell are among the stars in a superb show of art, film, photography and more capturing the speed and style of the city’s pivotal modernist Games

The Guardian - UK

Don’t Look Now at 50: Nicolas Roeg’s mesmeric horror of inescapable grief

The acclaimed adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s short story remains a visually immersive descent and a chilling portrayal of loss

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A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll review – haunting gothic tale with a heady whiff of Daphne du Maurier

The award-winning Canadian graphic novelist’s account of a young woman whose widower husband has a dark secret about his first wife is vividly drawn and masterfully plotted

The Guardian - UK

Mackerel over coals and seaside madeleines – Emily Scott’s Cornish recipes

The chef on becoming the reluctant face of Cornish food and cooking for Joe Biden. Plus, five dishes from her new book, Time & Tide

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Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds predicted environmental crisis 70 years ago

In Daphne du Maurier’s short story, The Birds (1952), a change in bird behaviour is linked to the impact of technological developments after the second world war.

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Books by women that every man should read: chosen by Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Richard Curtis and more

Studies show men avoid female authors. Ahead of the Women’s prize for fiction, chair of judges Mary Ann Sieghart finds out why – and we ask male authors to redress the balance

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