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This was our first theatre visit after returning from Vietnam in February.
A really good one too.
Here is a link to the Royal Court stub for this piece.
We rate David Eldridge highly as a playwright. Here was a superb cast and Dominic Cooke himself directing.
We really enjoyed this play and production.
The critics on the whole loved this piece – click here for a search term that finds the reviews.
Below is a link to the trailer:
Superb.
Our single word verdict sums up how we felt about this production.
Top notch cast: Penelope Wilton, David Calder, and Matthew Marsh; ably supported by Alibe Parsons, Christian Dixon, Brid Brennan, Edward Hughes, Michael Hadley, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Peter Guinness. Directed by Marianne Elliott. Here is a link to the Theatricalia entry for this one.
Charles Spencer, while admitting that this is not his sort of play, spoke very highly of the production:
Foxes Spencer Telegraph 12 Oct 2001 The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Nicholas de Jongh also gave it a very good review:
Foxes de Jongh Standard 11 Oct 2001 Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Our friend Michael Billington also liked it a lot.
Foxes Billington Guardian 11 Oct 2001 The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
You see? Superb. That’s what I said.
