Almeida, LondonTragedy, we are often told, is dead: an impossibility in an age that believes all problems are socially remediable. But Edward Albee has boldly defied convention by writing an Oedipus Rex for the affluent society that, despite the inferiority of Anthony Page's production to the Broadway original, leaves one emotionally shattered.In true Aristotelian fashion, Albee presents us with a hero at the height …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20PM on September 16, 2016