Kidnapped review " razzle-dazzling Robert Louis Stevenson
Beacon Arts Centre, GreenockThere's an optimal mix of irreverence and affection in this bracing adaptation of the swashbuckling classic With the long-running Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), playwright Isobel McArthur lit upon a winning technique " one as exhilarating as it was counterintuitive. You take a popular if essentially serious novel and treat it with just enough irreverence to make it fun. Lest the gags, pl…