MARY CONWAY recommends an early Shakespearean tragedy that feels so contemporary that it mirrors our daily news
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Still angry
MARY CONWAY relishes the revival of two classics for the naked expression of truthful thoughts and class anger
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Roots / Look Back in Anger
The Almeida, London
THE era of the angry young man. The 1950s.
All seems so long ago. But if you’re wondering why to revisit them now, the Almeida will tell you, as they bring us two towering classics tuned to the modern age.
Performed in rep at the Almeida until November 23, Arnold Wesker’s Roots (★★★★) and John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger (★★★★), in symbiosis together, hold an unassailable position in the history of British theatre.
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