Almeida, LondonLia Williams and Juliet Stevenson switch roles seamlessly at the toss of a coin to play warring queens in Robert Icke's explosive productionLast year Robert Icke made Oresteia the most compelling drama in London. Now he stages Mary Stuart, written in 1800, to explosive effect. Schiller's play has been stripped back, rewired. Icke's adaptation is sculptural, rich and incisive. Hildegard Bechtler's bare,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM on December 18, 2016