There's a moment in the Young Vic's new production of Yerma that illustrates why Billie Piper is so captivating on stage. Arguing with her character's husband, Piper flips suddenly from wild-eyed, irrational fury to brittle grief - and everything shifts on her ultra-expressive face. In Spanish, 'Yerma' means 'barren'. The play - which runs until September 24 at London's Young Vic - is a loose adaptation (like Clueless to Jane Austen's Emma) of Federico Garcia Lorca's 1934 exploration of childlessness. The action has shifted from rural Spain to modern-day London, with Piper playing one half of a couple struggling with infertility. Share Go To In a gruelling 100 uninterrupted minutes the...
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