Duke of York's Theatre, London****Written by Claire van KampenDirected by John DoveMark RylanceAt the age of 32, at the very height of a superstardom today reserved for the Hollywood A-list, the great 18th Century castrato Farinelli turned his back on the stage, never to return, to sing for only one man – Philippe V, the King of Spain. The King, suffering from a madness brought on by depression, could only find…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:49AM on October 4, 2015