National, LondonEvery 20 years or so we rediscover Harley Granville Barker's astonishing play. Following revivals at the Royal Court in 1965 and the National itself in 1989, we now have Peter Gill's excellent production which proves that the play is more than a topical assault on financial fraud: it is also a comprehensive attack on Edwardian England.Like Ibsen's Ghosts, it is a play about a poisoned inheritance. Edw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:31AM on February 11, 2017