Friday, October 23, 2015

Libby Purves's review who...

according to her Twitter page ...Writes (novels once, journalism always, theatre reviews formerly on Times, now. Radio 4 Midweek presenter for 30 years, not sacked yet).

She attended this Thursday matinee.    http://theatrecat.com/
"...But this is the original play, realized with gleeful relish by director Lucy Bailey, and a quite brilliant set by William Dudley. ...

...poor Bella (beautifully played straight and poignantly wounded by Tara Fitzgerald) is clearly a tormented victim of a Jonathan Firth who as Jack feels more like something out of Orton or Pinter in their nastier moods. It’s chillingly realistic, and very true to Hamilton’s novelistic vision in its uncompromising portrait of emotional bullying....."

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