The Lives of Others review – Keira Knightley brings star power to Robert Icke’s Stasi drama
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Adelphi theatre, London Theatre wunderkind’s adaptation of the Oscar-winning film has plenty of suspenseful stagecraft but struggles to match its subtlety Another new show, another old story. This film-to-stage adaptation is from the 2006 German-language romantic thriller about Stasi surveillance and suppression of art in the former GDR. The accompanying, now almost obligatory, high-prestige screen actor is Keira Knightley, presumably whipping up ticket-selling frenzy and stage-door brouhahas. Except this production is helmed by theatre wunderkind Robert Icke, whose work is marked by the…
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The Lives of Others review – Keira Knightley brings star power to Robert Icke’s Stasi drama
Adelphi theatre, London Theatre wunderkind’s adaptation of the Oscar-winning film has plenty of suspenseful stagecraft but struggles to match its subtlety Another new show, another old story. This film-to-stage adaptation is from the 2006 German-language romantic thriller...
