The RSC's adaptation of Robert Harris's Cicero books reaches the West EndHistory repeats itself. This much we know. In the 1980s, under a Tory government obsessed with cuts, the big new thing was "event theatre", huge shows that amazed audiences because of their epic qualities and marathon slog. A good example is David Edgar's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, an eight-and-a-half hour adaptation of the Di…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:48PM on July 4, 2018