US-based philosophy professorTeddy returns to his north London family home with his wife Ruth. His domineering father Max, together with brothers Joey, Lenny and chauffeur Uncle Sam exude a simmering testosterone-fuelled air which pervades the all-male home, as each attempts to dominate (with varying degrees of success) every conversation or situation, irrespective of context or subject. Was there ever written an uglier example of hierarchical and self-perpetuating toxic masculinity?
Lisa Diveney and Joe Cole in The Homecoming at Young Vic. © Manuel Harlan
