We didn’t book much theatre or concert stuff that autumn, what with the birth of Z/Yen and all that going on, but we did book a handful of things we couldn’t bear to miss. This was one of those. Edward Albee’s new play, Three Tall Women.
Janie even put aside her Maggie Smith aversion in the interests of seeing this one.
Michael Billington interviewed Edward Albee ahead of the press night:
Billington Albee Part One Wed, Nov 9, 1994 – 28 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
Billington On Albee Part Two Wed, Nov 9, 1994 – 29 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
We both thought the play and production was very good.
Here is a link to the Theatricalia entry for this production.
I cannot find on-line reviews for the original cast (which we saw) but this Independent piece compares and contrasts the originals with their replacements a year or so later…
…but I can find review clippings – Michael Billington for example:
Billington On Three Tall Women Wed, Nov 16, 1994 – 35 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
Here is Kate Kellaway on the production:
Kate Kellaway On Three Tall Women Sun, Nov 20, 1994 – 84 · The Observer (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
The original three; Maggie Smith, Frances de la Tour and Anastasia Hille, were all superb in my view.
Albee doesn’t always work for me (us) but this one surely did.
