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PATRICK MARMION reviews Elektra at the Duke of York's theatre: The REAL tragedy is this Hollywood star's assault on West End

Led by Oscar-winning Hollywood starlet Brie Larson, it's a snarling, punk travesty of Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy Electra, by Canadian poet Anne Carson.

Led by Oscar-winning Hollywood starlet Brie Larson(she of the 2015 film Room and Apple TV+’s Lessons In Chemistry), it’s a snarling, punk travesty of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Electra (yes, they’ve given it a radical ‘k’), by Canadian poet Anne Carson. Over at London’s Old Vic, the ancient King of Thebes – famed for slaying his father and marrying his mother – is being played by another Hollywood star, Rami Malek, who also won an Oscar (for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody). Led by Oscar-winning Hollywood starlet Brie Larson (she of the 2015 film Room and Apple TV+’s Lessons In Chemistry), it’s a snarling, punk travesty of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Electra (yes, they’ve given it a radical ‘k’), by Canadian poet Anne Carson

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