Video footage? For real theatrical authenticity, it’s a painting for me
Maximilian Schell, who played Alfred Redl in the original production of A Patriot for Me, in Resurrection Blues at London's Old Vic in 2006. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Searching for evidence of the forgotten musical version of John Osborne’s 1960s play A Patriot for Me, David Benedict discovers that you cannot rely on the internet, but old-fashioned paint and canvas can be far more suggestive
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