Olivier, LondonRory Kinnear brings a rasping clarity to Macheath in a production by Rufus Norris that does full justice to Kurt Weill's plangent, sawn-off melodiesWhat does this famous piece of theatre mean to us today? The distinguished translator John Willett got it right when he said it survived less because of its political content than through its establishment of a new theatrical genre. That came home to me whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:27AM on May 27, 2016