Jonathan Firth does the suave, smug, intrusive character of Eric perfectly

I think this is the first review, which devotes more words to Jonathan then all other reviews I’ve read before.  Jon is a very talented actor and a nice person  and he deserves more then just a mention of his name in the article.

From the “Behind the Arras” website: http://www.behindthearras.com/Reviewspr/reviewsPROct-Dec2012/Good_grief_M11-12.html (this review by Roderic Dunnett  gave 4 stars to the “Good Grief”).

….. Machiavellian newspaper office stunted rising star (Jonathan Firth) who may or may not be the filly’s bit of stuff (he isn’t);…..

….. Jonathan Firth. recently a Prince Hal for the BBC, and with more TV – he’s something of a period drama heartthrob - than stage credits (but you wouldn’t think so) looks even here like a Henry V, rather than the saintly Henry VI, whom he recently played for the RSC….

…. Firth’s character is a spasmodic bit-part, rather underused: he is possibly a bit too young, although the pertly delivered actual words well suit the whippersnapper he concocts here. He does the suave, smug, intrusive character of Eric perfectly; his brother Colin would have done no better. The doomed young offspring of Ralph Fiennes in the 1992 film Wuthering Heights, he looks and feels more like Heathcliff himself. Happy to push at the door, humiliatingly worsted by Keith’s furious, outraged June, he always bounces back, armed with jabbing, wildly circling gestures and a ghastly, cynical smile. …..