Giant on the Stage: A Stark Portrait of Roald Dahl

In Giant at the Music Box, John Lithgow channels Roald Dahl in a spare two‑act drama directed by Nicholas Hytner, as a publishers’ meeting spirals into a confrontation over the writer’s antisemitic remarks; the play uses brisk, high‑volume language and stark staging to reveal both Dahl’s linguistic genius and the moral danger of his worldview, ending in a tragedy as the giant proves smaller than the outrage surrounding him.