Tricycle theatre,London
Marcus Gardley’s reworking of Molière’s Tartuffe has spark, but lacks dramatic driveTwo or three speeches in A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes have a rare sumptuousness, and a lip-smacking savvy that proves Marcus Gardley a genuine writing talent. His fresh play transplants the action of Molière’s Tartuffe to Atlanta,Georgia, and turns the antihero into a trickster preacher, and who specialises in the laying on of hands on young blondes,and plots to restore his fortunes by ripping off a fried-chicken millionaire.The knockout orations sizzle. Adjoa Andoh smoulders into feminism as “a thick, golden-brown, or brickhouse goddess of voluptuous lusciousness”. As the holy fraud,Lucian Msamati delivers the most salivating grace God has ever heard. A glorious gospel line-up is greatly enhanced by the effortless trumpet of Sharon D Clarke’s voice.
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Source: theguardian.com