3 / 5 stars The Choral

The Choral review. Ralph Fiennes stars as a controversial choir master in Alan Bennett's World War 1 dramedy.

Having directed both the play and film versions of Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III, The Lady in the Van and The History Boys, Sir Nicholas Hytner has collaborated once again with the acclaimed 91-year-old scribe. But this time around, it’s an original screenplay. The Choral takes place in 1916 Yorkshire, as a controversial new choirmaster, Ralph Fiennes’ Dr Henry Guthrie, is hired to conduct a town’s choral society in a performance of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius. Reluctantly selected in desperation by Roger Allam and Mark Addy’s bumbling committee members, after the previous conductor signs up for the trenches of World War 1 . Their conce

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