All I wrote in my log was:
No interval.
That suggests that we didn’t get a great deal out of this one, unusually for Mamet. Possibly we just felt that we’d seen a lot of material like this before.
Was it three short plays or one play with three somewhat disconnected scene?. I wrote down
The Disappearance of the Jews, Jolly and Deeny.
Splendid cast: Linal Haft, Colin Stinton, Zoe Wanamaker, Vincent Marzello and Diana Quick, directed by Patrick Marber.
Nicholas de Jongh really liked it:
de Jongh, Standard, Mamet 24 Jun 1998, Wed Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Our friend, Michael Billington also liked it a lot:
Billington Guardian Mamet 24 Jun 1998, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Charles Spencer in the Telegraph was less sure:
Spencer Telegraph Mamet 25 Jun 1998, Thu The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Kate Kellaway’s interview with Patrick Marber is very interesting:
Kellaway Observer Marber Interview 14 Jun 1998, Sun The Observer (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Reading these reviews and the interview, I think I should, 25 years later, re-read the play(s) and see what I think of them now.