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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, Lyttelton Theatre, 30 December 1995

I liked this more than Janie did. I thought it was a very good production and I have long had an affection for the play.

Janie sees this as an example of Tom Stoppard being “a bit too clever for his own good”, a view I can understand but with which I don’t agree. Let’s just say that Janie does not remember this fondly.

Amazing cast, with Adrian Scarborough & Simon Russell Beale in the eponymous roles. Here is the Theatricalia entry for this one.

Michael Billinton is with Janie on the play and with me on the production:

Billington on RosencrantzBillington on Rosencrantz Sat, Dec 16, 1995 – 27 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com

Michael Coveney strangely liked the play but not so much the production.

Sun, Dec 17, 1995 – 60 · The Observer (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com

Landscape by Harold Pinter, Cottesloe Theatre, 3 December 1994

Janie and I were very keen on Pinter and also very keen on Complicite, so we took the opportunity to see both on one Saturday during that crazy autumn during which Z/Yen was born.

According to my contemporary log:

Landscape is a short play, seen late afternoon/early evening before seeing “Out of a House Walked a Man”. Very good.

Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton. Top notch performers both,with great Pinter pedigrees too.

Here is the Theatricalia link on this production.

Wikipedia describes this short play thus.

Michael Coveney reviewed this production:

Coveney On LandscapeCoveney On Landscape Sun, Nov 27, 1994 – 84 · The Observer (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com

Here’s Michael Billington’s review:

Billington On LandscapeBillington On Landscape Sat, Nov 26, 1994 – 30 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com

A TV version of this production was broadcast on the BBC in 1995. Someone has upped it to YouTube here:

We were very taken with this piece.

Then on to see the Complicite piece:

Out Of A House Walked A Man by Daniil Kharms, RNT, 3 December 1994