While on trial at Nuremberg, Herman Goering famously got the better of chief US prosecutor Robert Jackson and held sway over the court in one last act of defiance.
Switching between his bullish testimony and final night of incarceration, this play made good use of archival material as a counterpoint to Goering's terminal ruminations on his life and the history of National Socialism.
Ross Gurney-Randall brought great energy to a performance that proved as fascinating as it was chilling, posing the question of how such a figure should be remembered.
For instance, should he have plays made about him at all? Theatre demands heroes and Goering was certainly not one of those.
He was presented as loving father, grieving lover and idealistic patriot - all correct, no doubt, but compared to the horror of his crimes, should such things be given any dramatic weight?
Humanising such a man may be necessary but can make a victim of greater truths.
Compelling as it was, the play ultimately lacked the philosophical punch to convincingly explore this troubling dichotomy.
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