Fiennes, who plays Lord Voldemort in the Potter films, is taking on the role of Prospero in Trevor Nunn's production at The Theatre Royal Haymarket.

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But given today's rhetoric about bullying, you could be forgiven for thinking that kids today are not simply reading and watching grim, postapocalyptic fantasies like "The Hunger Games" but actually inhabiting such terrifying terrain, a world where "Lord of the Flies" meets "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, " presided over by Voldemort.

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