This isn't just a piratical treasure hunt. The NT is also on a rescue mission. The master plan here is, surely, to retrieve Robert Louis Stevenson's vintage adventure story about buccaneers and buried gold from the clutches of shamelessly C-rate panto producers. Opening last night " and recommended for anyone over ten years old " the National's new upmarket staging visually enchants, while exuding play…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:46AM on December 10, 2014