Ben Brantley on London Theater, Where Characters Drink to Dull the Pain of Life

The New York Times: Wine is very much on the menu at the Almeida Theater in Islington these days. It is served, of course, at the bar that adjoins the theater. But more important, wine is being extolled as absolutely essential to our daily diet on the Almeida stage, where a riveting production of Euripides’ “Bakkhai” is hypnotizing packed houses.