Leave the Poor Princess Alone - The New York Times

Less than 30 years after her death, fictional reincarnations of Diana are everywhere. But even icons deserve more time to rest in peace. Credit... Tyler Comrie Supported by By Jesse Green There she is in her pink suit, pearl earrings and feathered shag. There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy. There she is, that candle in the wind someone keeps relighting. Though killed in a car crash in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, turns up everywhere today, in plays, on television, in movies and even musicals. She’s entertainment gold: the perfect combo of stardom, tragedy and unanswerability. Which makes her, like a Dickens novel, public domain. In the last two years alone, I’ve spent more time with her than I did in the 36 she was alive. I saw her in a play called “Casey and Diana,” produced by the Stratford Festival in Ontario and now available to stream on Stratfest@Home. She was a spectral presence Off Broadway in “Dodi & Diana,” a marital drama that hijacked

Less than 30 years after her death, fictional reincarnations of Diana are everywhere. But even icons deserve more time to rest in peace. Credit... Tyler Comrie Supported by By Jesse Green There she is in her pink suit, pearl earrings and feathered shag. There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy. There she is, that candle in the wind someone keeps relighting. Though killed in a car crash in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, turns up everywhere today, in plays, on television, in movies and even musicals. She’s entertainment gold: the perfect combo of stardom, traged