I remember thinking this play and production was rather good, although I wrote nothing positive or negative about the experience in my log. We’re both partial to Frank McGuiness and the Abbey Theatre Dublin as an ensemble rarely lets us down.
Perhaps I was too exhausted to write a comment after a week of total culture-vulturing – three museums/galleries, two concerts, two plays and a heck of a lot of work in-between.
Here’s the Theatricalia entry for this play/production.
Nicholas de Jongh wrote highly of it in The Standard:
Article from 18 May 2000 Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England)
Paul Taylor also wrote highly of it in The Independent:
Article from 18 May 2000 The Independent (London, Greater London, England)
Charles Spencer positively raved about it in The Telegraph:
Article from 27 May 2000 The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England)
Lyn Gardiner in The Guardian similarly heaped the praise:
Article from 19 May 2000 The Guardian (London, Greater London, England)
In short – this play/production was a good ‘un. Surprising it has never been revived.