Fans walked out of last nights performance of Keira Knightley’s stage premiere The Misanthrope with their thumbs way up! The play, which doesn’t open to the public until next week, is an updated version of the Molière classic.

In this Martin Crimp revised version, the stage is set in modern day London instead of 17th century Paris. Knightley plays the role of a flirty American film star whom famous playwright Alceste (played by Band of Brothers star Damian Lewis) can’t help being drawn to – pushes the production into a different league of artistic interest.
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