Theatre: It’s a good Gatsby, not a great Gatsby
While the poetic and doom-laden dialogue is largely faithful to Fitzgerald, many of his story’s subtleties get drowned out
The Great Gatsby
By F Scott Fitzgerald (adapted by Alexander Wright)
Gate Theatre
Rating:****
Runs until September 16
At one point on opening night of The Great Gatsby, this reviewer and a handful of other lucky people were invited into the title character’s bedroom. There we watched him (Paul Mescal) and his old love Daisy Buchanan (Charlene McKenna) partially undress each other, lament the fact that ...