Not much ado: the joy of plays that lose the plot by Lyn Gardner

A handful of current shows, including The Flick at the National Theatre, ditch the traditional sense of narrative drive but still manage to draw you in"Nothing happens. Twice." That was the succinct view of the Irish critic and Beckett expert Vivian Mercier on Waiting for Godot. Beckett, of course, was the master of writing theatre that defied Aristotle's theory that plot is a significant requirement for drama. You d…

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