Laburnum Grove
From: Sunday, 3rd March 2013
To: Tuesday, 19 March 2013
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Synopsis
George is apparently a respectable businessman with quiet domestic hobbies. His daughter is bemoaning the monotony of their suburban round at Sunday supper but to refute this George makes the startling revelation that he has for years belonged to a gang of conunterfeiters. His wife pooh-poohs the story but a different aspect is thrown upon it by the arrival of Inspector Stack, whose investigations of a gang have led him to George! Written in 1933.
Our Review:
5 March 2013
Laburnum Grove, first performed in 1933, predates the better known An Inspector Calls by 12 years, and the earlier play can be seen as JB Priestley's first foray into the dark side of the suburban, self-made middle-class.
True, there are hints in the even earlier Dangerous Corner, but it is in the quiet and eminently respectable community of Laburnum Grove, in the North London suburb of Shooters Green, that Priestley first dissects the greed, selfishness and immorality of those who take pride in being model citizens.
Shock waves are sent through the Radfern family by the revelation that the mild-mannered, tomato-growing paterfamilias, George, has in fact been part of an international gang of forgers for the last four years, and that they have all been living very handsomely on the fruits of his crime.
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The play creaks along in a very amiable style”
The ingratiating in-laws, down on their luck and des...
Cast
Karen Ascoe
Lynette Edwards
Robert Goodale
Edward Hancock
Georgia Maguire
Simon Rhodes
Liam Smith
Timothy Speyer
Chris David Storer
Creative
J B Priestley (Author)
Indigo One (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre) ()
Oscar Toeman (Director)
Lily Arnold (Design)
Douglas Green (Lighting)
Edward Lewis (Sound)
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