Lyric Hammersmith, LondonTimberlake Wertenbaker's take on Racine's version of ancient Rome is replete with power-crazed emperors, deadly poison and juicy family politics Rome might have teemed with power-crazed emperors but if there is one most famed for his despotism it is Nero. Jean Racine's 1669 play is a study of this tyrant but it comes at its subject matter slant " through the story of Britannicus, his stepbrot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM on June 2, 2022