Birmingham RepThe transformation of Molière's play into a knockabout farce blunts the original's menaceChristmas has come early to Birmingham this year with the transformation of this great French classic into a gaudy spectacle, part panto, part Brian Rix farce. Like a panto, it is built around comic turns and banter with the auditorium; like a farce, it privileges situations over relationships. Funny walks, gags, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on November 9, 2013