Wisdom of a Fool: Play about Norman Wisdom will show the desperation behind the slapstick
A stone's throw from the entrance to London's Victoria Station, a small man in an ill-fitting tweed suit, mangled tie, scuffed shoes and cloth cap with an upturned peak threads his way through commuters towards a statue of the French First World War commander, Marshal Ferdinand Foch. A homeless man sleeps at the base of the plinth; confused Chinese tourists pause in its shadow, poring over their guidebooks; taxis and…