Jul 25, 2017
Common at the National Theatre: Reviewed
A play full to the brim of themes and words yet somehow lacking in power and meaning **
Welcome to 19th Century England. Belligerent and bleak, the country collides with the city over land ownership. The previous set up of ‘common land’ meant that lots of small holdings were used by the independent poor as a way to make profit and to live off of. This however, was threatened by the introduction of the Enclosure Acts. Under these acts the land is grouped together, enclosed and given…
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