Fright nights: why theatre shocks but rarely scares
From the Woman in Black to killers in thrillers, theatre has plenty of characters that shock " but it takes Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth to well and truly terrify ' Spoiler alert: this blog reveals the plots to Woman in Black and DeathtrapI once suggested we ban the word "scary" from theatre reviews. Partly because it was being overused, partly because I see no particular virtue, even at Halloween, in terrifying the cu…