Wise Children review " Emma Rice's joyous Angela Carter adaptation
Old Vic, LondonCarter's riotous novel about a south London theatrical dynasty bursts on to the stage in this life-enhancing showAt the end of a programme essay, Emma Rice wonders what Angela Carter would have made of her production of Wise Children, Carter's 1991 novel about a theatrical dynasty of seediness, sparkle and scandalous illegitimacy. Sadly we will never know, but I cannot imagine anyone who loves theatre …