Less is much more in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke at the Almeida

Anjana Vasan plays multiple roles including that of Rosa Gonzales

In the pivotal scene of Tennessee Williams’ little-seen 1948 play Summer and Smoke, a young woman who has been feeling faint is examined by a doctor. But what makes this a work by one of the greatest theatre poets rather than an episode of Holby City is the presence of two non-medical undercurrents.

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