Just me and Daisy this time at The Orange Tree – The Duchess was away on some sort of a bridge holiday IIRC.
Still, this play/production still seemed to last for ever. There is a seven hour version of the play – this just felt a bit like seven hours.
My log reads:
Somewhat rambling but has its moments.
The play is potentially enormously long (7 hours) – unsure of exact length of this production, but it seemed long although it was the short version.
Paul Taylor in The Independent independently reached a similar conclusion:
Overboard Taylor Independent 10 Oct 1997, Fri The Independent (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Charles Spencer in The Telegraph truly hated it:
Overboard Spencer Telegraph 08 Oct 1997, Wed The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Our friend, Michael Billington, who is usually extremely kind to orange Tree stuff, seems to have omitted to review it. Speaks volumes.
Janie and I no doubt consoled ourselves with some Don Fernando grub afterwards.
