Man and Superman, National Theatre, review: Ralph Fiennes gives one of the best performances of his career
You don't necessarily expect to be treated to the distinctive tones of Kirsty Young at the start of a marathon Shaw revival. Simon Godwin's remarkably assured and effervescent modern-dress production of Man and Superman kicks off, though, with a cheeky but pertinent Desert Island Discs gag. We hear Young introducing, as her castaway, the "provocateur" protagonist and author of a handbook designed to "set a ne…