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ship massacre. Terera also stars; Tom Morris co-directs. Bristol Old Vic (bristololdvic.org.uk),
until Apr 9-May 7 and touring

The 47th

Bertie Carvel is Donald Trump, as imagined by Mike Bartlett, ahead of the 2024 US elections.
Rupert Goold directs. Old Vic, London SE1 (oldvictheatre.com), until May 28

The Handmaid’s Tale

The 2000 adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel gets a new staging from ENO’s Annilese
Miskimmon; with Call My Agent!’s Camille Cottin. London Coliseum, WC2 (eno.org), until April
14

The Corn is Green

This 1938 semi-autobiograhpical play by Emlyn Williams follows a teenager in a Welsh mining
village who becomes the protégé of his English teacher (The Split’s Nicola Walker) Dominic Cooke
directs. National’s Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1 (nationaltheatre.org.uk), until June 11

Scandaltown

Rachel O’Riordan directs Mike Bartlett’s “Restoration comedy for the 21st century” full of illicit
sex, political hypocrisy and “the machinations of a fame-hungry elite”. The cast includes Rachael
Stirling. Lyric Hammersmith, London W6 (lyric.co.uk), until May 14