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Post by bordeaux on Jan 18, 2024 6:55:52 GMT
This looks and sounds good at the Bath Theatre Royal. It's an enjoyable evening at the theatre if you like that sort of thing - Edwardian-style, or in this case, early 1920s social comedy. Tom Littler tries to make the case in an interview in the programme that Somerset Maugham is the missing link between Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward but he is neither as witty nor as sharp as either. There are good performances, some witty lines, the whole set-up is artificial but amusing, the ending surprising. Interesting to see what was popular in 1922 (the year of Ulysses, The Waste Land and Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room!).
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Post by alicechallice on Jan 18, 2024 9:00:07 GMT
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Post by theatrefan77 on Jan 18, 2024 9:23:56 GMT
This will play at Richmond theatre 20-24 February.
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Post by bordeaux on Jan 18, 2024 10:06:04 GMT
Thanks for finding this - very interesting to see most of us have fairly similar views on it and all agree that Nicholas Le Prevost is particularly good. Funny to think that he is a founding member of The Wrestling School company, dedicated to putting on the work of Howard Barker! I remember seeing him in Seven Lears in 1990 at the Royal Court - seem to remember the play was hard work.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2024 10:47:17 GMT
Merged. Thanks alicechalliceOldest thread takes precedence (not the number of posts)
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2024 10:56:01 GMT
Wed, 10th January 2024 to Sat, 20th January 2024 Theatre Royal, Bath»
Tue, 30th January 2024 to Sat, 3rd February 2024 Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester»
Tue, 6th February 2024 to Sat, 10th February 2024 The Playhouse, Oxford»
Tue, 13th February 2024 to Sat, 17th February 2024 Malvern Theatres, Malvern»
Tue, 20th February 2024 to Sat, 24th February 2024 Richmond Theatre, London
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Post by adamkinsey on Feb 25, 2024 17:27:40 GMT
Caught the last night of the tour in Richmond last night. It had not sold well there (presumably because of the previous run at the nearby Orange Tree).
Echoing previous comments, the play fizzes when the three veterans are on although I was in the dress circle and Le Prevost was often inaudible.
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