The Way of the World review " sparkling restoration of Congreve's comic gem
Donmar Warehouse, LondonJames Macdonald's revival offers clarity and hilarity, with Haydn Gwynne on brilliant form as an amorous widowThis is the kind of production one had almost given up hope of seeing: a restoration of a comic masterpiece more concerned to mine the author's text than explore the director's ego. William Congreve's 1700 play, with its labyrinthine plot, is not the easiest play to do but James Macdon…