We saw a preview of this production, which I gave a one word review in my log:
Excellent.
It was memorably good.
Charles Spencer in The Telegraph clearly liked it a lot:
Hollywood Spencer Telegraph 3 May 2001 The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Nicholas de Jongh in The Standard also reviewed it positively:
Hollywood de Jongh Standard 2 May 2001 Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Our friend Michael Billington was with us (opinion-wise) on this one too:
Hollywood Billington Guardian 2 May 2001 The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com