The week in theatre: Translations; Consent; The Biograph Girl
Olivier; Harold Pinter; Finborough, LondonNot understanding speaks volumes in Ian Rickson's tremendous new production of Brian Friel's 1980 classic. And Nina Raine's unflinching Consent transfers to the West EndOn 1 June 1979, Brian Friel wrote of his new work, Translations: "the play has to do with language and only language". He feared that if it became "overwhelmed" by a "political element", it would be "lost". Ia…