Juliet Stevenson stars in David Lan’s post-WWII drama of memory and morality.
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"In the end it's a plea and a defence of good people doing something, and that's a message we all need to heed."
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"This is not a play about straightforward solutions; it’s all about the shades of grey that emerge when you try to consider moral justice. "
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"Under Daldry’s careful hand, the action is always moving on. But the direction cannot disguise the fact that the play is too long, circling back on its arguments, and becoming over-extended and flat in the process."
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"It’s a blast of theatricality and a triumph of intellect which has obvious lessons for our times, even if they sometimes drown out the heart."
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"Stevenson is superb, conveying someone who cares deeply but brusquely, with a thorny moral absolutism that seems to reverberate through her body as physical agony. "
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“In a production that sometimes feels hollow, [Artie] Wilkinson-Hunt remains its beating heart.”
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“The Land of the Living is sprawling, uneven, and occasionally frustrating. But it is also alive, committed, filled with craft and conviction.”
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