Southwark Playhouse, LondonYou can see why Odön von Horváth's savagely laconic play has been revived. Set in Munich in 1932, it deals with a world in which money is tight, jobs are scarce and any petty infringement of the benefit regulations is viewed as a punishable offence. Last seen in London in 1989 in a somewhat overblown production, Christopher Hampton's translation seems more topical than ever and now…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PM on June 26, 2011