Reader Reviews
The Relapse (Olivier (National Theatre), West End)
Back to Show Details| Score | Comment | Date |
 | Everyone in it is brilliant..And goldmine of a chance to see such a select group of great english actors all sharing the same stage in ensemble.. To see Alex Jennings, Brian Blessed and the great Edward Petherbridge in one evening is theatrical heaven indeed! - USER: Whatsonstage.com | 08 Oct 01 |
| Everyone in it is brilliant..And goldmine of a chance to see such a select group of great english actors all sharing the same stage in ensemble.. To see Alex Jennings, Brian Blessed and the great Edward Petherbridge in one evening is theatrical heaven indeed! - USER: Whatsonstage.com | 08 Oct 01 |
| I was taught in college by a British professor to always see a Restoration play if you have the chance. This production certainly displayed the scale of such genre. Ienjoyed the style, set, costumes etc.--all the "trappings" of Restoration fare, but somehow missed the heart of the play. The performers seemed more immersed in the playing rather than the doing.Nonetheless, it was an enjoyable evening. - USER: Whatsonstage.com | 07 Aug 01 |
| Totally boring and long - USER: Whatsonstage.com | 31 Jul 01 |
| The first 10 minutes of this show will leave you wondering what you've let yourself in for, but as soon as Alex Jennnings takes the stage things pick up in the comedy stakes, and you know you'll be enjoying the next 3 hours. Visually there's little to disappoint, and though the play is no masterpiece it's a safe night out at the theatre, especially for those who might consider a play from this period to be tedious and dull. One can only imagine how the crowds must have been helpless with laughter over the Lord Foppington character - today's audiences perhaps wonder how someone so camp is still so determined to chase women... - USER: Whatsonstage.com | 31 Jul 01 |
| Terrific fun! Alex Jennings and Edward Petherbridge are particularly funny, but the whole cast have made this a wonderful production, full of energy and wit. Costumes and scenery are superb too! - USER: Whatsonstage.com | 30 Jul 01 |
| How charmingly naive of Terri Paddock to be surprised that Restoration comedy is risque - as if her generation invented it! Maybe she should read the earl of Rochester's poetry from that period. - USER: Whatsonstage.com | 25 Jul 01 |
| Comedy which is cleaver - USER: Whatsonstage.com | 25 Jul 01 |
