Chichester Festival theatreWilliam Golding's bleak vision of civilisation holds up after 70 years, but Nigel Williams's 1995 adaptation, revived with a sparky cast, might not be cruel enough for our times William Golding's 1954 novel is doubly pessimistic about the human tendency towards violence. Schoolchildren on an evacuation flight from a UK under nuclear attack are stranded by an air crash on a desert island whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32PM on September 26, 2025