New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeSisters Danielle and Nichole Bird create a dreamlike mirror image in a superbly staged production, alive with music, wit and spectacle It was written as a novel, but Mark Twain's 1881 children's classic depends on a theatrical conceit. Set in the dying days of the reign of Henry VIII, it imagines the meeting of the young Prince Edward and an impoverished commoner. Each is envious …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM on November 25, 2019