Elizabeth Freestone's production of Sheridan's classic is a long way from the lace wristbands and fussily flourished bows that used to be conventional for eighteenth-century revivals. Using the same permanent setting as the production of Doctor Faustus with which it plays in repertoire, plus a traverse curtain for front scenes and the addition of some piles of newspapers on top of its bookcases and some splayed pages down by the added footlights to remind us of contemporary scandal sheets, it moves along at a delightful canter, challenging its audience to keep up with its non-stop flow of wit.
Elizabeth Freestone
Director
Guy Burgess
Snake
Amy Rockson
Mrs Sneerwell
Harvey Virdi
Mrs Candour
Gareth Kennerley
Sir Benjamin Backbite
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Noises Off...72%
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)74%
The Impostors59%
Hamilton77%
The Devil's Disciple66%
Love Happy58%
Victor/Victoria72%
Looking for Richard68%
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie62%
The Piano Lesson58%
Auntie Mame70%
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa61%
Battle of the Year67%
The Band Wagon72%
Oscar63%
Bride & Prejudice64%
The Testament of Ann Lee63%
Cabaret74%
Scandal59%
