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Theatre review: August: Osage County / Lyttelton theatre, London by Michael Billington

Lyttelton theatre, LondonExposing the myth of the happy nuclear family has long been a staple of American drama. If Tracy Letts's play, in a magnificent Chicago Steppenwolf production by Anna D Shapiro, arrives in London garlanded with praise, it is for two reasons. Letts brings to the task of demolition not just the wrecker's ball but the joker's mask. Running at three and a half hours, his play also satisfies a pal…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04AM on June 5, 2018

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