The RSC’s major winter production is MIDDLEMARCH PARTS 1 & 2 in the Swan Theatre (follow link to my review). This adaptation of George Eliot’s 900 page novel is done as two plays, but still takes six hours with intervals. The cast are great, and Nina Raine’s adaptation is still Middlemarch, with the addition of Amanda Root as George Eliot herself watching the play and occasionally advising her characters. The Guardian selected Middlemarch as The Greatest Novel of All Time in 2026, so how does the play stand up? Read the review.
