Superb. One of the best.
My logged comment suggest that we really liked this one. We both really did.
There is a Theatricalia entry for this one with all the details – click here. Adrian Scarborough was excellent in the lead role. Ian Rickson directed.
Nicholas de Jongh liked it in The Standard:
23 Jan 1998, Fri Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
My friend Michael Billington liked it but didn’t love it in The Guardian:
23 Jan 1998, Fri The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Similarly Suzannah Clapp in The Observer, whose review reminds me that the critics main reservation about this play is that they didn’t like it as much as they liked Elyot’s (also wonderful) My Night With Reg.
25 Jan 1998, Sun The Observer (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Charles Spencer in The Telegraph also spoke highly of it with some limitations:
31 Jan 1998, Sat The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com