In God's name making the world sit up
Posted: 13 Jul 2012 @ 00:45
Peter Graystone sees the West End stage version
of the story of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams
THE beginning of the director Edward Hall's stage version of the
Oscar-winning British film Chariots of Fire is
magnificent. For 20 minutes, as the audience arrives, the 20-strong
cast, dressed in Lycra and trainers, are limbering up and
stretching as if preparing for a marathon. Almost imperceptibly,
the leaping and straining become choreographed into movement as
drilled and elegant as a musical. The pace increases, and the
running extends on to a circular track built out ...
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