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The Pope review " Anton Lesser and Nicholas Woodeson's papal powerplay by Michael Billington

Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonRivalry and shared guilt combine as Pope Benedict XVI meets his successor, Pope Francis, in Anthony McCarten's drama Having written films about Winston Churchill (Darkest Hour) and Freddie Mercury (Bohemian Rhapsody), Anthony McCarten now comes up with a play about the papacy. More specifically, in exploring the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and his replacement by Cardinal Bergoglio…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM on June 13, 2019

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