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Pericles review " moments of intense psychological insight by Susannah Clapp

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonShakespeare's tale of incest and hazardous sea crossings resonates powerfully in Dominic Dromgoole's intimate stagingIt is unnerving to see Pericles these days. What once seemed pure fairytale now rings with modern alarms. The play begins in Syria. It contains terrible trips by water, with voyagers being scooped up on to alien shores. A story of father-daughter incest is made startlingl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:34AM on January 10, 2016

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