
Rebecca Hall, Matt Ryan, Anna Maxwell Martin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Polly Stenham and Julian Wadham. Photo by Dan Wooller.
There is something to be said for the notion of pure performance - acting stripped down so the physical setting is discarded, leaving only the voice of those on a stage and your own imagination. If you were one of the lucky few who managed to snag a ticket to the one off reading of John Osbourne’s renowned play ‘Look Back in Anger’ on Friday 6 July 2012 at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London, pure performance was demonstrated for you in spades.