Another piece of fluff, this time by Terence Rattigan. It was amusing but unmemorable. I did think that given the abundance of French immersion classes for civil servants in this country, the setting could have been changed and the politics updated to add a little more bite.
But as it was, it was an amusing evening anf nothing more.
I agree the play could be profitably updated; but even without that, a less pronounced "Chip, chip, old boy" presentation would have made it seem less dated and creaky.
ReplyDeleteThere's no great message here, just a comedy about young men coming to terms with growing up - and particularly girls - so it needs to be either timeless or modern. This was neither.
I thought the cast did what they could with the play, but it was not worth the bother.