MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
Unnerving devil in this detail of abuse
Orca
Southwark PlayhouseLondon SE1
5/5
“THE DEVIL smiled and marvelled this, ‘How loud, how vile silence is.’”
Sitting in their father’s carpentry workshop, Maggie has set her younger sister Fan a “very new, very hard” riddle: Who is the Devil? As things transpire, the answer’s easy enough.
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