Richard Bratby

A towering achievement: ENO’s The Yeomen of the Guard reviewed

This is work of international importance, but don't expect the Arts Council wonks who’ve just signed ENO’s death warrant to notice

Jo Davies’s new production of The Yeoman of the Guard at ENO. Credit: © Tristram Kenton  
issue 12 November 2022
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  • The Yeomen of the Guard

    London Coliseum, in rep until 2 December

The screw may twist and the rack may turn: the Tower of London, in Jo Davies’s new production of The Yeomen of the Guard, is a dark place indeed, and that’s as it should be. ‘Men may bleed and men may burn,’ intones Dame Carruthers, as she delivers a magic lantern show about the history of the Tower, complete with colour slides of famous beheadings.

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