Faint Praise
This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the critic Muriel Zagha to discuss a new play by Florian Zeller, \u2018the most successful representative of contemporary French theatre\u2019; Kathryn Hughes, the author of \u2018Victorians Undone: Tales of the flesh in the age of decorum\u2019, explores the cultural significance of passing out, from \u2018Troilus and Criseyde\u2019 to \u2018Fifty Shades of Grey\u2019, via Shakespeare and Bram Stoker; plus, a poem by Ange Mlinko, \u2018Storm Windows\u2019
\u2018The Forest\u2019 by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton, Hampstead Theatre, until March 12
\u2018Swoon: A poetics of passing out\u2019 by Naomi Booth
Produced by Sophia Franklin
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