Beryl review Maxine Peake's freewheeling tribute to a cycling legend
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Commissioned to coincide with the Tour de France, this compassionate homage exposes the motivations of Beryl Burton, the greatest woman on two wheelsIt has been said that if Beryl Burton were French, Joan of Arc would have to take second place as the nation's most revered female icon. Yet we Britons have been slow to appreciate our cycling legends. As one of the cast in Maxine Peake's …