Donmar Warehouse, LondonFriel's piece, based on Turgenev's novel, yields a rich gallery of performances as it meditates on change, tradition and the power of friendshipIt is significant that Brian Friel's play is described as "after the novel by Ivan Turgenev". In short, this is no cut-and-paste version of the 1862 Russian masterpiece. It is more a meditation on its main themes and, as Lyndsey Turner's exce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AM on June 11, 2014