May In Film
NT Live: Good David Tennant plays John Halder, a German professor, intellectual and ostensibly “good” man whose noble qualities are eroded over time as he eventually becomes seduced and co-opted by the Nazi Party. Elliot Levey and Sharon Small both play multiple roles, including Halder’s Jewish friend Maurice and his wife and mother. It’s certainly a role that benefits from having the stage presence and charisma of someone like Tennant and there is something undeniably chilling about seeing his character step into an SS uniform at the climax of the show. However, despite the quality of the performances (Halder’s discussions with an increasingly incredulous Maurice were the highlights), this didn’t quite do it for me. A friend of mine is a teacher who has previously expressed the view that she’s sick to death of World War 2 and my familiarity factored into my experience here. As someone who has probably watched enough war related content for several lifetimes, I felt it had ve...