Alphabetical Order
From: Monday, 18th May 2009
To: Saturday, 23 May 2009
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
A provincial newspaper office in the 1970s - and another day of chaos in the cuttings library... files all over the floor, phones left ringing, cabinets overflowing. And, when they finally arrive, the lives of the journalists are as messy as everything else. Into this bedlam steps Lesley, who has a passion for organisation. When the paper is threatened with closure a battle between order and pandemonium ensues!
Our Review:
18 May 2009
Even for fans of Michael Frayn, Alphabetical Order is a bit of an unknown quantity. First performed at the Hampstead Theatre Club in 1975, it is now being toured in a revival directed by Christopher Luscombe. The action is set in the library of a failing provincial newspaper - drawing on Frayn's own experiences as a junior hack earlier in his career.
The star of the evening has to be the set by Janet Bird. Rich in detail and clutter, it is the perfect evocation of the chaos of an office in disarray. And I think there we hit the nub of the problem with the play - the set is the star: certainly not the writing or the performances.
Heading the cast of seven we have the ever-smiling Imogen Stubbs. She has a pleasant manner and exudes a winning form of ditziness but never once did I really feel there was a connection with her character. Lucy (originally played by Billie Whitelaw) needs a younger character actor to really br...Cast
Imogen Stubbs
Penelope Beaumont
Gawn Grainger
Ian Talbot
Michael Garner
Jonathan Guy Lewis
Chloe Newsome
Creative
Michael Frayn (Author)
Hampstead Theatre (Producer)
Michael Codron (Producer)
Theatre Royal Bath (Producer)
Christopher Luscombe (Director)
Janet Bird (Design)
Tim Mitchell (Lighting)
Fergus O'Hare (Sound)
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