Almeida, LondonLydia Wilson is riveting as the strong-willed duchess in Rebecca Frecknall's arresting update When The Duchess of Malfi was revived in 1945 after falling out of fashion for centuries, its violence and meditations on mortality suddenly felt more real, less baroque. Today, Lydia Wilson " as the strong-willed duchess murdered by her brothers for daring to marry her steward " speaks of its resonance in the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM on December 11, 2019