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Theatre

Another American playwright felled by her own trophy collection: Belleville reviewed

20 January 2018

9:00 AM

20 January 2018

9:00 AM

A pattern emerges. A hot American playwright, dripping with prestigious awards, is honoured in London with a transfer of their best-known work. And it turns out to be all right. Not bad. Nothing special. The latest wunderkind to wow London is Amy Herzog (five plays performed, six awards received), whose marital bust-up drama Belleville is set in a glamorously derelict corner of Paris.

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