Very good.
That was our verdict. We like Shelagh Stephenson’s plays and this was a stellar cast including Samantha Bond, Julie Legrand, Alison Steadman and Julia Sawalha, directed by Terry Johnson.
Here is the Theatricalia entry for the production.
Our Richmond preview came just after it previewed at several other places. The Cambridge Evening News reviewed it thusly:
Memory Singer Cambridge 27 Oct 1998, Tue Cambridge Evening News (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) Newspapers.com
It transferred to the West End with considerable success, if I remember correctly.