The RSC have produced a dark and delightful adaptation of Roald Dahl's tale of a child genius, and her monstrous headmistressAt a time of year when mush is licensed, it is a bright idea of the RSC to have turned Roald Dahl's rebarbative 1988 story into a musical. While the book is a testament to the joy of reading and childhood cleverness, it also offers a wickedly funny portrait of adult cruelty and barbarism and, i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on December 9, 2010