MUSIC dominates this month’s theatre and what strikes me is the many uses to which it can be put. It can be the evening’s main motor, a pleasing accompaniment or even a way of getting inside a character’s head: however, it is rare these days to find a work that relies on the power of words alone.
In the case of at the Almeida, we have a ritzy, full-scale musical that is anchored in a strong book by James Graham, who understands the significance of cathode-ray culture. His superb play, currently at the Noël Coward Theatre, dramatises the clash between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jnr in televised political
