‘Patriots’ Review: Tom Hollander, Will Keen Crackle in Story of Russian Oligarch Who Tangled With Putin

At the back of Miriam Buether’s raised, cruciform walkway set stands a full-length mirror in which Vladimir Putin (Will Keen) studies himself and, crucially, teaches himself how to stand. It literally mirrors his rise to absolute power but Peter Morgan’s absorbing, acerbic new play “Patriots” focuses less on that mirror image than on the opposing one in the fiercely focused shape of Tom Hollander as the man who was Russian’s most important, billionaire businessman, Boris Berezovsky. In film, TV and theater, turning true-life events into bio-drama is arguably the fastest route to production. And in a considerable career spanning “Frost/Nixon”… Read Full Article