A number of critics have been unable to resist the Greek tragedy label but Robert Lindsay's portrayal of Aristotle Onassis has been acclaimed.

A new bio-drama about Aristotle Onassis has opened in London to generally critical reviews.

But Lindsay’s “performance eclipses the play” according to the London Daily Mail’s reviewer Patrick Marmion.

Charles Spencer of the Daily Telegraph describes the play as essentially “an excuse to reheat a lot of high-class scandal and rehearse a few conspiracy theories.”

But