Lyttelton, LondonDespite one of those first-night technical glitches that seem to happen a bit too often at the National, this is a fine revival by Tom Cairns of Howard Barker's tremendous play about the relation of the artist to the state. Written for radio in 1984 and first staged at the Almeida in 1990, it shows Barker's poetic talent at its most disciplined and has the feel of a contemporary classic.On the surfac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:58PM on October 5, 2012