...it remains a shatteringly personal play and a deeply involving one... It puts the disability at the centre of the play in plain sight, and we can't look away. Nor, watching this finely-tuned production, would we want to.'
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Peter Nichols' classic has rare truth...There are excellent performances from a cast including Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner, in a fine revival of Nichols’ humane play.'
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...despite one utterly heart-rending moment...Evans’ production feels too comfy and clean... the production never comes close to replicating the rawness and daring – the shit and the spit – of the play itself.'
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Perhaps it’s a case of being a victim of its own successfully-made point: for a play about covering everything up, it certainly feels like we’re only getting the surface layer.
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This feels like a production that has more to say on a sensitive topic but backs out at vital moments... The protective comic veil is never truly lifted and that ultimately limits this as a piece of drama.'
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Pin-sharp revival is as heartbreaking and funny as ever... I can’t think of a more fitting tribute than Evans’s production.'
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A taste of theatre history... It’s a striking, important piece of work, but it no longer has quite the impact you suspect it once had.'
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Both savage and compassionate...Simon Evans's super-starry production...is both worthy tribute and a resounding vindication: the play, if anything, feels more savagely true than ever.'
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