Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonClaire van Kampen mixes story and song superbly in a tale about the celebrated castratoPlays about mad kings are always popular. After Alan Bennett's portrait of George III, we now have Claire van Kampen's fascinating study of the healing impact of music on Spain's French-born Philippe V. With Mark Rylance as the king, the evening is guaranteed success, but what it really proves is how …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM on November 12, 2016