THEATRE: At the edge of global anxiety; Andorra Young Vic LONDON Midden Hampstead LONDON Sympathetic Magic Finborough LONDON.(Features)

From: The Independent Sunday (London, England) | Date: October 28, 2001| Author: Bassett, Kate | Copyright information

"Early one morning they'll come with a thousand black tanks, and they'll roll in all directions over our fields, and they'll drop from the sky with parachutes like grey locusts." Such are the fears of invasion voiced by Barblin, the village schoolmaster's daughter, as she whitewashes her father's house in Max Frisch's politically loaded drama, Andorra, which features in the Young Vic's Direct Action season for young directors.

In the grim aftermath of 11 September, some ...

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