Almeida, London This parasitic rewrite treats a masterpiece as a lecture and totally overlooks Ibsen's elusive comedyIf you want an example of the arrogance of director's theatre, head to the current Almeida show. Robert Icke, who has previously adapted Aeschylus, Schiller and Chekhov, now gives us a "new" version of Ibsen's tragicomic masterpiece The Wild Duck that treats this elusive play as if it were a lecture. E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM on October 24, 2018