The highly anticipated Theatre Royal Bath Production of The Score starring Brian Cox is a lavish affair looking at Johann Sebastian Bach's relationship with Frederick The Great, a new drama by actor-turned-playwright Oliver Cotton and directed by Olivier-Award-winning Trevor Nunn. Undoubtedly Theatre Royal Bath's major production of the year and one they are hoping will transfer to the West End, but are the grandiose period sets and star cast enough to redeem Cotton's befuddled composition? Set in 1747 during the Silesian Wars, we find the 63-year-old Bach, recognised as one of the leading composers of his day, in his modest home in Leipzig in Saxony reluctant to make the arduous journey to the Prussian court in Potsdam; an invitation from Frederick which he has already put off several times. A deeply religious man, Bach must reconcile the bloodshed of his neighbours with going cap in hand to the Prussians for a music commission in order to earn his living. His wife Anna