Mark Ravenhill's take on Voltaire's satire is an extraordinary piece, despite its overwhelming profusion of ideasMark Ravenhill has taken Voltaire's laconically witty satire on 18th-century philosophy and turned it into a savage assault on modern myopic optimism and a meditation on the nature of narrative. The result is an extraordinary piece, one that bulges with bright ideas, but tries to cram too much into a 110-m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AM on September 6, 2013