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[fringefan]

Wow, I wouldn't have thought it merited that, but maybe the Vaudeville has a gap to fill and this fits; also, of course, it will attract interest as an unfamiliar work by a well-known playwright.

[SHk]

I saw it in Richmond and found it rather slight.

[Latecomer]

SHk, on 17 July 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

I saw it in Richmond and found it rather slight.

I have to agree. Saw it at Oxford and thought main two were rather miscast. Support roles were good and play gets going quite nicely after the interval, only to peter out at the end just as we were perhaps getting interested. May do well due to Jenny Seagrove and Noel Coward...Oxford Playhouse was certainly pretty full but a bit disappointing.

At the risk of incurring wrath and as time is a bit short this morning here are my thoughts in review form!

http://www.thepublic...ford-playhouse/

[KevinUK]

Looking forward to seeing this, but it might be yet another flop at the vaudeville... Shocking year so far, after a firmly decent few years there.

[Jamiem]

Noel Coward said of the late Nyree Dawn Porter that she was the worst three actresses in London
What would he say of Jenny Sea Grove?

[Jamiem]

Michael Winner is bringing a coach party

[QuincyMD]

Is it THE Roy Marsden directing?

(as in The Sandbagger one)

[xanderl]

Indeed it is

Sandbaggers is a fabulous series isn't it!

[Pharaoh's number 2]

I saw this yesterday and really rather enjoyed it. Solid 3* stuff. No, it's not the world's greatest play, and the odd line does jarr (and could easily be cut), and als the ending could do with some tightening, and tying up of loose ends, but nevertheless, it's a perfectly enjoyable afternoon at the theatre. It looks fairly good- it didn't have Kenwright stamped all over it- and it's well played. Jenny Seagrove I warmed to (though she is not 44!), and Finty Williams excellent as usual. I did think the actor playing Keith was v poor, esp when opposite Perdita Avery as his 'wife'.

Worth seeing on a good offer (front row is £20, if you want to stretch that far. I didn't, but wouldn't have felt robbed if I had).

[freckles]

Pharaoh, on 20 September 2012 - 08:11 AM, said:

I Jenny Seagrove I warmed to (though she is not 44!)

This raised a smile with us too, bless her, a good decade out I would say!