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Anna Karenina review " Lisa Dwan gives uncertain dazzle to Tolstoy

by Helen Meany

Abbey theatre, Dublin Marina Carr and Wayne Jordan's distillation of the 800-page behemoth conjures impressive set-pieces but wobbles on individual characterisationsIt is not hard to see why playwright Marina Carr would be drawn to Anna Karenina. Many of her own plays feature suicidal heroines who are social outcasts, and her work grapples with the philosophical themes of love and the possibility of happiness that pe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04am on December 19, 2016