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Shakespearean landmark

ROBERT TANITCH dodges the severed heads and wounded bodies in a history cycle that takes in four of the Bard's bloodiest plays.

Arts	Books
Well versed POETRY: Poem of the week Home troubles EXHIBITION: Des Res: London's Housing Challenge Pursuing greatness ALBUM: Matana Roberts Quartet, The Chicago Project The other side of US art revealed EXHIBITION: The American Scene Prints from Hopper to Pollock Crime Fiction IN REVIEW: May 2008	They're watching Surveillance Unlimited by Keith Laidler A 'Commie Girl' in California Commie Girl in the OC by Rebecca Schoenkopf Unravelling a long-buried family secret The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vasquez Sinister tales of torture in Edinbugh's bloody jail Dark Heart by Douglas Skelton The widening gap Superclass by David Rothkopf
Film	Music
Terror's Advocate (12A) The Aerial (La Antena) (12a) Charlie Bartlett (15) Caramel (PG) Smart People (15)	Malian meditation LIVE: Toumani Diabate Balkan brass meets breakbeat LIVE: Forty Thieves Orkestar A pop-punk hit for the summer LIVE: You Me At 6 All-star blues ALBUM: The Mannish Boys - Lowdown Feelin' Ali G's top DJ ALBUM: Tha 4orce - Mind the Gap Anthems V2
Theatre
Shakespearean landmark Shakespeare's History Cycle - Henry VI Parts One, Two and Three & Richard III Caught up in a baffling world Hapgood Not many redeeming features in ENO latest The Merry Widow Pinter's dark thriller returns triumphant to the Lyric The Birthday Party Dealing with the dark side The Taming of the Shrew