This must-watch show more than proves its worth.Īt the Donmar Warehouse, London, until 4 February. Last year the Donmar became a victim of Arts Council England’s funding cuts. 2nd St., Minneapolis Tickets: 77-15, 61 or Tags: Theater Things to do Chris Hewitt. While its plot has the feel of a twisty crime thriller and a textbook villain in the dastardly count who holds the house to ransom, we are so engaged by what it asks of us and its tension that the melodrama does not jar. What: Watch on the Rhine When: Through Nov. As the play enters dangerous waters it is Waschke who steals this show with the earnest heroism of a man compelled to act – the antithesis of David Tennant’s SS officer in Good, recently staged in the West End. Hodge channels Bette Davis to fantastic effect (Davis played Sara in the 1943 film) and is matched by every other cast member, including the three children (Billy Byers, Chloe Raphael and Bertie Caplan, the last making a very charming stage debut). The play’s politics are immaculately couched in story Hellman’s dialogue zings with wit and thunders with eloquent conviction.
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