Noël Coward; Royal Court; Roundhouse, LondonIt is an act of extreme daring. New York's Elevator Repair Service has put on stage The Great Gatsby's maddening, self-destructive, languorous and gorgeous scenes not as a lush re-creation but in an eight-hour (including intervals) reading that reproduces every word of the novel, with dash, irreverence, longueurs and provocation. Still, the show's deepest interest is sur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on June 16, 2012