The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore by Tennessee Williams, Lyric Hammersmith, 29 November 1997

I wrote the following in my log around the time:

Unusual production; worked in many but not all respects.

Originally done at Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in October 1994.

This play is not, in my view, top notch Tennessee Williams, so there was possibly only so much that could be done with it. Philip Prowse did his best as director. Rupert Everett flamboyantly and memorably played the role of Flora Goforth.

Like us, Nicholas de Jongh was impressed by the performances but not 100% sure about the play in The Standard:

28 Oct 1997, Tue Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Susannah Clapp in the Observer observed the performance as uber-camp

02 Nov 1997, Sun The Observer (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Charles Spencer in The Telegraph didn’t like it much:

29 Oct 1997, Wed The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

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