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Embers

Duke of York's Theatre, West End
From: Wednesday, 15th February 2006
To: Saturday, 24 June 2006

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Synopsis

Embersis set in 1940 in war-torn Europe. In a Hungarian castle, retired general Henrik awaits the arrival of Konrad, the one-time friend of him and his beautiful wife Kriztina, who he hasn't seen in decades. Long after Konrad's departure and Kriztina's death, Henrik still has questions that need answering.

Our Review:

2 March 2006

It takes more than a caffeine rush during the interval to stay awake during the second half of this dullard of a play. Thankfully, a faint flicker of on-stage energy came right at the end.

Making his return to the West End stage after a long absence, Jeremy Irons broke the usual curtain call rules on the opening night of his chosen vehicle � Christopher Hampton's new play, Embers based on Hungarian novelist S�ndor M�rai's long-forgotten 1940s novel - by congratulating his producer, Eric Abraham, on his "virgin voyage" in the West End.

"I hope this will be the first of many such first nights," said Irons to much applause from his fans and the first night freeloaders, after what I have to confess seemed to me more like a modest maiden aunt of an evening than a play with anything fresh or enticing to say about the human condition. Indeed Irons' character, Henrik, a seventy-something retired general and bearded relic of the old Austro-Hungarian Empi...

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