A memorable weekend in all sorts of ways, this one – good and bad.
The weekend started with me collecting Nobby, my souped-down Honda CRX. I don’t often buy cars, so this was a big day.
Then Cause Célèbre at the Lyric, which I simply rated “good”.
It didn’t get much press. Here’s a snippet from the Sunday Telegraph:
22 Feb 1998, Sun Sunday Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Cause Célèbre 2 of 2 Sunday Telegraph 22 Feb 1998, Sun Sunday Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
I’ve never been a huge fan of Rattigan and I recall that this play/production didn’t really change my view.
On the Sunday, somewhat on a whim I seem to recall, the Mainelli’s invited us over to their place as they had several people already scheduled to visit and they wanted a butchers at my new motor.
My abiding memory of that visit was how cold it was that day, but the assembled throng (especially Rupert Stubbs) insisted that we remove the roof of the car and drive off demonstrating the open-toppedness of the thing.
When we got home, while we were eating a camembert salad supper, Janie’s twin sister Philippa called to let us know the bad news that she had been diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. That news dampened our mood considerably and turned our world upside down for quite a while.
