Maria Aberg’s production at the RSC in 2018 wrote its way into the history books owing to the gallons of ‘blood’ violently splashed across the stage each night. Webster’s play was also staged at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 10 years ago to mark the venue’s opening season – Gemma Arterton took on the leading role and received heaps of critical praise. Now, a decade on, Webster’s tale of class and greed returns to this spectacular indoor space nestled inside Shakespeare’s Globe, in a version that gets close to, but ultimately misses, the emotion imbued into the drama. Undoubtedly, this was a mode…
