The Madness of George III " review
Theatre Royal, BathDavid Haig rightly gets a standing ovation as the sad, dubiously mad Hanoverian Lear. But, although Alan Bennett deserves credit for putting the character on stage, I can't help thinking that his 20-year-old piece is a choppy chronicle play that, although well-suited to film, lacks the metaphorical resonance of the author's finest work.Bennett admittedly flirts with some fascinating notions. At tim…
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