The Misanthrope review - Sandra Oh stars in reworked classic that simpers in its satire and woos in its drama

National Theatre, LondonHeroic but imperfect modern-day version of the 17th-century classic is stuffed full of debates about how we might live differentlyMolières misanthrope here is a bestselling writer in a stylish trouser suit, gender-reversed as Alice and Americanised in the formidable form of Sandra Oh. When an aspiring novelist asks for literary advice, Alice tells her to always make her writing seductive.Is that what playwright Martin Crimp has aspired to do here? His modern-day version ...