With its mix of sensuality and intelligence, her portrayal of Hester Collyer at London's Almeida in 1993 towers above all othersWhy is Penelope Wilton not more acclaimed? She did, admittedly, win an Olivier this year for her superb performance in Taken at Midnight, in which she invested the mother of a Jewish lawyer standing up to the Nazis with a breathtaking moral authority. But she has never, like so many of her d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM on May 25, 2015