Britannicus - review by Michael Billington

Wilton's Music Hall, LondonOnce shunned by the British theatre, Racine is edging back into fashion. It is well worth the detour to London's East End to catch Irina Brown's modern-dress revival of this austere 1669 masterpiece, even if a few lines of Timberlake Wertenbaker's excellent new translation get lost in Wilton's echoing acoustic.Like all great dramatists, Racine anticipates modern thought. There is something …

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