Detective fiction is thriving, so why does theatre make do with workmanlike adaptations in place of real stage whodunnits?When I was very young, I used to think that a mystery play must be a tremendously exciting thing, full of murder and enigma and terror. So imagine my disappointment when I learned they each was merely a series of medieval shorts about Jesus. The same goes for passion plays; not a single bodice rip…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34AM on July 28, 2011