This was the last ever production in the Room above The Orange Tree pub itself. The bespoke Orange Tree Theatre had been up and running for a while by then and the decision was made to stop doing some shows above the pub still. A shame in a way, as we loved that small venue. But understandable.
Here is a preview of the show from the Richmond & Twickenham Informer:
Jude Richmond Informer 01 Oct 1999, Fri The Richmond and Twickenham Informer (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) Newspapers.com
Judging by the markings in both of our diaries, we had planned to go away for a couple of weeks that October and then changed our minds. Probably because we didn’t think we could leave Gavin unmanaged doing the works at Clanricarde Gardens. This was one of several things we booked up to replace the holiday. We both did some work but worked light during those weeks.
It wasn’t a great play or production, but the story was interesting and Mairead Carty was always very watchable.
We went to a restaurant named Burnt Chair in Duke Street afterwards. It was loved more for its wine list than its food, according to my 2003 Hardens and also this tombstone piece in The Standard when the place died in 2014.