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Lesley Manville’s Jocasta monologue silences Broadway audiences — Static01.nyt.com

Lesley Manville’s Jocasta monologue silences Broadway audiences

Lesley Manville is leaving audiences spellbound in Robert Icke’s retelling of Oedipus at Studio 54 on Broadway, the New York Times reported on Jan. 31, 2026. The paper describes a silence so profound it “seems to vibrate” as Manville’s Jocasta delivers a monologue about three-quarters into the play;

Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses set for National Theatre revival — I.guim.co.uk

Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses set for National Theatre revival

Christopher Hampton, who celebrates his 80th birthday this month, is seeing his celebrated version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses due to be revived at the National Theatre, with Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner reported to star. Hampton has been described as "the quiet man of British theatre", less given