Yerma, Gate, London

(The Stage :: Reviews) - 6 months, 1 week ago

Gate, London: Billed as a new version of Federico Garcia Lorca's play by Anthony Weigh, this feels more like a new work that draws inspiration from Lorca's tragic poem. There is no chorus, only the mute and constant presence of a watchful young boy. Weigh's language is often jagged, with its own rough poetry, and he adds backstory in a - not always wholly successful - attempt to give the characters greater psychological depth.

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