Northern Stage, NewcastleLaura Lindow's adaptation of the sci-fi classic is a thrilling parable of complacency that allows a brilliant cast to shineHG Wells wrote The War of the Worlds at the height of empire complacency. In the late 19th century industry was booming, technology was dazzling and Britain ruled the waves. The prosperous villages in the hinterland outside London, where the novel is set, could afford to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AM on February 2, 2018