An inquest into Berezovsky’s mysterious death returned an unusual “open verdict,” but on this occasion, it is unequivocally presented as a suicide: The play ends with this balding man, bereft of authority, preparing to end his life.Īn academic whiz-turned-oligarch who expedited the rise of the younger Vladimir V. Written by Peter Morgan (“The Crown,” “Frost/Nixon”), “Patriots” surveys the sad, shortened life of Boris Berezovsky, the brainiac billionaire who died in 2013, age 67, in political exile in London.
The gripping production, directed by Rupert Goold, runs through Aug. That drop in temperature comes from the coolly unnerving “Patriots,” a new drama whose look at power politics in Russia over the last quarter-century induces a shiver at despotism’s rise. LONDON - There’s a chill in the air at the Almeida Theater, notwithstanding the record-breaking heat here.
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