There are problems in paradise in Richard Bean's ingenious look at a failed attempt to create an island utopiaRichard Bean has hit upon a good subject: Fletcher Christian's attempt to create a utopia in Pitcairn after the famous mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. But while the play bulges with incident and makes a fascinating spectacle, Bean offers too many theories about why the social experiment ended in disaster. Initi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM on December 7, 2017