Harold Pinter theatre, LondonIvo van Hove's production divests this drama of emotional power and momentum, keeping us at arm's length Jean Cocteau's 1930 play is a monologue disguised as a series of break-up phone calls in which we hear the anguish of a woman being left by her partner. Using the telephone as a metaphor " the cut or crossed lines a mirror to the couple's emotional disconnect " it is not just a dramati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM on March 23, 2022