Lyric, LondonA deal struck with the devil rarely has happy consequences, and in this richly entertaining new show from Emma Rice's Kneehigh company the price is a pair of pretty young hands, extracted from a girl's witless father in return for great wealth. The plot comes from the Brothers Grimm, but the setting, inspired by the legend of Robert Johnson, is depression-era America complete with moonshine, crossroads a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31PM on September 17, 2011