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The week in theatre: The Way of the World; The Country Wife; Plastic " review by Susannah Clapp

Donmar Warehouse; Southwark Playhouse; Old Red Lion, LondonTwo biting Restoration dramas conjure contemporary echoes, and a boy with a 'face like a fist' reacts with fury to school bulliesRestoration drama has in the past week been restored to the London stage. And here are two arguments for why that's a good thing: utterly different productions of plays by Williams Congreve and Wycherley. Both demonstrate, to an age…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM on April 15, 2018

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