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Waste

Lyttelton, National Theatre London (**** for the play and cast, ** for audibility and sightlines!)

© Johan Persson

© Johan Persson

We keep discovering Harley Granville Barker as though he were a new playwright. Yet, as Richard Eyre movingly points out in the National Theatre programme, his name ought to `resonate’ with every visitor to the NT building as one of the major figures in its creation (though whether it might be the better if we didn’t have it in terms of soaking up resources is an argument for another time and another day). Continue reading