Monday, August 4, 2008

A reviewer writes

A review! Maria Kesia Greenwood came to an earlier run of the show and reviewed it for http://www.oscholars.com/, an "Electronic Journal for the Exchange of Information on Current Research, Publications and Productions Concerning Oscar Wilde and His Worlds." Goodness. She has some nice things to say :


When Les Clack gives us a scene from The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Bracknell comes over as far more sinister than Dame Edith Evans ever played her (in A. Asquith's film classic), a kind of sussurating serpent who assesses the man who wants to marry her daughter with a stupidity so crass that its cruelty is masked by laughter.

Here's that scene from the film:



Now of course, you need to come to the production in Edinburgh to see our version.

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