Greenwich theatre, LondonA romantic hero and a ge ntleman of the highway who danced with his victims in the moonlight? Or a petty thief and horse-stealer who raped and tortured his way across Essex and Lincolnshire? It is not so much Dick Turpin's reputation that is under the microscope in Daniel O'Brien and Pat Whymark's musical play (below), but myth itself. Why do we buy into certain stories? Whose version should …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:10PM on September 29, 2011