Hot on the heels of seeing an excellent Uncle Vanya…
…Bobbie and I saw a very good production of The Changeling at The National.
Miranda Richardson played Beatrice-Joanna, Rebecca Pidgeon played Isabella, George Harris as De Flores, Richard Eyre directing…
…here is a link to the Theatricalia entry.
It isn’t a jolly play and I did see it again only a few years later at Stratford, with Janie:
I think this National production was the better of the two.
Below is Michael Billington’s Guardian review, plus an interview with Miranda Richardson
Billington on Changeling Sat, Jun 25, 1988 – 18 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
Kate Kellaway’s Observer review is below:
Kate Kellaway on Changeling Sun, Jun 26, 1988 – 40 · The Observer (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
The diary is silent on what we did afterwards. For some reason, is think that we ate at the National that evening. It is quite a long play and I think the restaurant there was doing arrangements to eat part of your meal during and part after show at that time. But I could be mistaken.
