FIVE BEST Plays

Timon of Athens

(SHAKESPEARES GLOBE, LONDON)

Lucy Bailey's graphically imaginative production stars Simon Paisley Day as the wealthy lord who somersaults from the excess of philanthropy to inordinate misanthropy.

(020-7401 9919) to 3 Oct

Six Characters in Search of an Author

(MINERVA THEATRE, CHICHESTER)

Rupert Goold's madly ingenious multimedia adaptation of Pirandello's play shifts the action to the world of drama- documentaries.

(01243 781 312) to Sat

Brief Encounter

(CINEWORLD HAYMARKET, LONDON)

Kneehigh's highly imaginative mixed-media adaptation of the classic movie is an artful straddling of stage and screen.

(08712 301 562) to 21 Dec

The Railway Children

(NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM, YORK

York Theatre Royal's adaptation of E Nesbit's much-loved classic is performed on a rail track, with a real steam engine.

(01904 621 261) to Sat

The Female of the Species

(VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, LONDON)

Joanna Murray-Smith's play about a feminist scribbler was inspired by the time Germaine Greer was briefly held hostage by a devotee.

(08708 900 511) to 4 Oct

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