Literature

Two starry new Broadway productions have no qualms about speaking their mind.

A 11-part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s great novel aired weekly on PBS in 1981.

The stories of Machado de Assis let us imagine our way into familiar perspectives and situations from unexpected vantages that enlarge and transform our sense of what is and what can be in this life, and the next.

“The Happy Prince” covers only the last few years of Oscar Wilde’s life. When it touches on religion, it is intensely interesting.

A new adaptation from the BBC and Amazon makes ideal use of a sensational cast of British actors.

Review of ‘Social Creature,’ by Tara Isabella Burton