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Dance of Death review " spark and mischief as humorously horrible couple wish each other dead

by Arifa Akbar

Orange Tree theatre, LondonRichard Eyre's adaptation brings comedy and tenderness alongside Strindberg's original savagery August Strindberg's portrait of marriage is unremittingly bleak in Dance of Death. It features the kind of couple who find their partner's way of breathing offensive " or just that the other is still breathing. She wishes him dead, he pretends to rise above it but is biding his time. They seem to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:01pm on February 8, 2026