Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonAugust Wilson's overheated story of an ex-con attempting to rebuild his life is buoyed by an energetic cast with meaty roles The parts are sometimes bigger than the whole. That is emphatically the case with King Hedley II, the penultimate work in August Wilson's 10-play cycle about African American experience in the 20th century. Premiered in 1999 and set in 1985, the play is overh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM on May 24, 2019