"...a hilarious if not gutting glimpse into the open relationship of a couple"
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It's also a frank and penetrating play (in every sense), but it is played with longing and feeling.
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[Coming Clean] is nothing like as perfect as in [Kevin Elyot's] later work but, as this production reminds us, the promise is palpably there.
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This bittersweet 1980s comedy offers a frank, moving portrait of gay relationships just before the Aids crisis.
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At times the discussion of desire and jealousy is laboured, but humour is injected by the couple’s flamboyant friend William.
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Coming Clean helped blaze a trail for explorations of gay culture in big West End venues. For that reason, and for four quality performances, Elyot's debut is well worth a look.
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Elyot's flair for dialogue is combined with astute psychological insight. In the minutiae of incidents and the loose change of chatter lie longing and confusion.
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Kevin Elyot play has lost the pathos if not the plot...1982 play needs sharpening in this shallow revival of a revival
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