We were spending a fair bit of time at The Pit in those days – our previous visit to the theatre was also to The Pit:
Haven’t been there for years – the RSC does so little modern stuff these days.
But back then they were packing The Pit with top notch names to act and direct, quite often in modern dramas.
New England was “superb” according to my log. Peter Gill directed it. Several really good names in it; David Burke, Angela Thorne, Mick Ford, Selina Cadell, Duncan Bell, Diana Hardcastle and Annie Corbier to be precise.
I also noted that:
Richard Nelson was in the audience that night for some reason, as it was well into the run.
Here is a link to the Theatricalia entry.
It transferred to New York later in 1995 with a different cast, getting this NYT notice. But I can’t find an on-line review for the version we saw.
It was superb – believe us…
…or believe this Michael Billington clipping:
Billington On New England Thu, Dec 1, 1994 – 35 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
…or this Michael Coveney clipping:
Michael Coveney On Out Of A House & New England Sun, Dec 4, 1994 – 77 · The Observer (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
