My log reads:
I got more out of this one than Janie did. Not SP’s best.
We saw a preview – the press night was about a week later.
Stanley Townsend is always good news and he didn’t disappoint as the charismatic lead. Good support too from Geraldine Somerville and others, directed by Ron Daniels. Here is the Theatricalia entry for this play/production.
It was the play that lacked coherence. Janie couldn’t see past the fragile conceits of the play.
Our friend, Michael Billington, in The Guardian, seems to have shared our reservations. He says that the plot “has more holes than a second-hand colander”…
…(does a new colander have fewer holes than a second-hand one, Michael?)…
Remember Guardian Billington 18 Oct 1999, Mon The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Nicholas de Jongh seems to have hated it. “Ponderous” is not a desirable adjective if you are Poliakoff:
Remember Standard de Jongh 18 Oct 1999, Mon Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Kate Bassett in the Telegraph described it as “chronically dull”:
Remember Telegraph Bassett 18 Oct 1999, Mon The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
OK, OK, I’ve got the point. A rare dud from Poliakoff, the master.
