When Rock ‘N’ Roll premiered at the Royal Court in 2006 it seemed to pull together all the ideas that have ever preoccupied Tom Stoppard, from free speech and music to Sappho and the nature of existence.
Now, 17 years later, Nina Raine’s revival reveals a play that’s prescient – how could it not be, the amount Stoppard stuffs into it – but also dated. In politics, as in everything else since 2006, the world’s swirled around a few times.
