Sweet Bird of Youth review " hysteria unleashed by Susannah Clapp

Festival theatre, ChichesterJonathan Kent summons arresting moments from Tennessee Williams's drama but can't fully rescue a play that fails to meld personal and politicalTennessee Williams called himself "the definition of hysteria". That state reaches its apogee in Sweet Bird of Youth. Every character quakes or roars. Even the non-metaphorical birds are grotesques, like "pigeons with laryngitis". The imagery is ins…

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