Mark Ravenhill races Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst towards a deadline

Mark Ravenhill races Britten and Imogen Holst towards a coronation deadline. The composer and his 'assistant' test the limits of collaboration as they work towards the completion of Britten’s 1953 opera Gloriana. Samuel Barnett and Victoria Yeates play the composer and ‘assistant’

RSC’s new production about the collaboration between Britten and Imogen Holst can’t break free from its origins as a radio play. Britten's tortured male genius makes for torturous drama. The RSC's new production of the play can't break free of its origins.