West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsJohn Steinbeck's affecting story of two Depression-era farmhands carries too much dramatic dead weight in this low-testosterone productionIt's time for a new adaptation of John Steinbeck's novella. The author's own version, which is also due on Broadway this autumn, is pushing 80 and belongs to another era. It's not enough to sift dialogue from description any more. Theatre has moved on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11AM on March 10, 2014