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Menace behind the throne

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From: Evening Standard - London
Date: 20010518
Author:NICHOLAS DE JONGH

BORIS GODONOV ** (VERY GOOD) Corn Exchange, Brighton

ANYONE who clings to the boast that Anglo-Saxon actors are the best in the world, is liable to have illusions shattered by this remarkable troupe of Russians. These players reveal a power and spontaneity, a naturalness and directness achieved by few of our actors. They bring Declan Donnellan's production of Alexander Pushkin's version. of early 17th century power-politics in Russia to remarkable life.

Boris Godonov is a chronicle play, owing obvious debts to Shakespeare, that depicts the stealthy surge to power of a young monk, Grigori, ...

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