The Week

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading

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Last chance

Klimt/schiele: Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna at the Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090). A “compelling” exhibition of drawings by the great Austrian modernist Gustav Klimt and his protégé Egon Schiele (Observer). Ends 3 February.

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David Suchet is “mesmerisin­g” in this revival of The Price, Arthur Miller’s “richly affecting” play about family resentment. It had a sell-out run in Bath and is now transferri­ng to the West End (Telegraph). 5 February-27 April, Wyndham’s Theatre (0844-482 5151).

Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing is a nationwide event to mark the 500th anniversar­y of the great polymath’s death. In February, 144 of his drawings from the Royal Collection will go on display at 12 locations across the country; they will then be incorporat­ed into larger shows in London and Edinburgh. Visit rct.uk.

The Book of Mormon, a musical comedy co-created by the duo behind South Park, is heading north for the first time this summer. It had mixed reviews from the critics, but has run for five years in the West End. 6 June-13 July, Palace Theatre, Manchester (0844-871 3019).

Just out in paperback

In Your Defence by Sarah Langford (Black Swan £8.99). Langford, a barrister, has written an account of 11 of her most striking cases. This “vivid” book is an eye-opening “portrait of a Britain” that is often overlooked (Times).

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Schiele’s Group of Three Girls, 1911 (detail)

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