Royal Exchange, ManchesterMaxine Peake excels as Blanche Dubois in a nightmarish production of the Tennessee Williams classicMaxine Peake is not automatic casting for the role of Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams's imperishable play. As she proved when she played Hamlet at the Royal Exchange, Peake has a built-in bullshit detector whereas Blanche's tragedy is that she lives in a cloud of self-deception. But Peake …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08PM on September 13, 2016