A Delicate Balance " review
Almeida, LondonThe pleasures of A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee's 1967 Pulitzer-winning play, are close to torment. If, by the end, you are not longing for freedom, the actors have not done their job. The idea is that one should suffer and then mutiny against the semi-absurd anguish underlying the characters' bourgeois lives. This challenging play " not for amateurs or the fainthearted " scrutinises a prosperous ea…