My log says:
no recollection really. Possibly went with Moose. Had to give away earlier tickets due to back injury.
The reason I think I might have gone with Moose (Mara) is because my diary says I spent the previous evening with Moose and her mum Rita and her mum’s friend Mave. Click the link if you are wondering who these people are and where they fitted in to the grand scheme of things at that time…as if there was or is a grand scheme of things.
If it wasn’t Moose that evening, I think it would have been Bobbie, but my guess is that Bobbie took the October tickets from me when I was too knacked to go.
An exceptional cast for this Trevor Griffiths piece. The Theatricalia entry can be found here. Penelope Wilton, Stephen Moore, Stephen Rea and a terrific National Theatre ensemble directed by Howard Davies.
I don’t think I was as impressed as the critics had been. Chekhovian only tends to work for me when it is actual Chekhov, as the great man was the master of that kind of drama. Chekhovian in the hands of others generally seems a bit slow and pointless. I’m possibly being a bit unfair on this one.
Michael Billington in The Guardian spoke highly of the play/production:
Billington on Piano Fri, Aug 10, 1990 – 31 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
Michael Coveney in The Observer was quite taken with it:
Coveney on Piano & Hastings Sun, Aug 12, 1990 – 50 · The Observer (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com