Howard Brenton’s play about the last days of Athenian philosopher and gadfly Socrates comes at a moment when playwrights seem increasingly to be seeking out the parallels between the ancient Greek world and our own upset modern society.
Featuring a convincingly otherworldly Socrates in Jonathan Hyde, this is a rich play of ideas, elegantly directed by Tom Littler, and following in the tradition of Plato’s dialogues to give us some fine examples of the Socratic method.
