Lee Tracy, The Front Page, 1928 As we take in the morass of sleaze unearthed every day by the ongoing NewsCorps scandal in the UK, it's good to remember there's some ripping good plays that document the tabloid-ethic at its worst. First there's David Hare and Howard Brenton's satire of Murdoch himself, Pravda. (Note the ironic, Cold War era title.) Written back in 1985 and premiered at the National (with a leg…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 12:16PM on July 25, 2011