The week in theatre: Fanny & Alexander; Trust " review by Susannah Clapp

Old Vic, London; Gate, LondonPerceptions are challenged in a new Ingmar Bergman adaptation and a state-of-the-world addressShould the theatre reflect the outside world, or be a refuge from it? Ingmar Bergman puts the question explicitly in his 1982 movie Fanny & Alexander. No wonder playwright Stephen Beresford felt he should put it on stage. It is a risk: this (the third Bergman adaptation to be seen in London w…

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