Old Vic, LondonBilled as a "Victorian thriller", Patrick Hamilton's Gaslight was written in 1938. But it is that rare thing: a re-creation of an old form which works in its own terms. And it was fascinating to see Peter Gill's fine production silence the audience's mocking laughter and generate a creepily atmospheric tension.I think the mild mirth was undeserved because, from the start, Hamilton plunges us into a wor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04AM on January 3, 2017