Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: Mark Ravenhill's five act response to Voltaire takes the form of a journey through a series of possible worlds. Inspired by the classic French philosophical novella, it's more of a riff than a direct adaptation, exploring the themes and preoccupations of the text, and refracting them. Ravenhill's play hops around through time, beginning with an 18th-century meta-theat…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:51AM on September 6, 2013