★★☆☆☆Less would have been so much more. Lucy Kirkwood’s play about a dozen women corralled into a jury in 18th-century East Anglia has the makings of a taut psychological study. But inflated to three hours, the piece sprawls endlessly and drifts towards a melodramatic conclusion. Too many characters compete for our attention, plot twists are piled high, and in the end a conventional feminist subtext takes precedence over mere plausibility. After a swift trial, the man has already been taken…

Source: The Times January 23, 2020 09:00 UTC