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What a headache
Of the three plays in the trilogy, this one is by far the weakest; and on all counts actually: plot, staging and acting. There is good physicality to both actresses. Especially Carly does the dialogues with herself exceptionally well. The speed with which she talks, however, coupled with poor annunciations, meant that I struggled to…
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Is this how a grown-up behaves?
I preferred “Delroy” to “Michael” on pretty much all counts other than props – Michael had more props and they were a more pronounced aspect of the performance, which I enjoyed. In “Delroy”, the dialogues between characters enacted by the same person were less jarring, the acting more powerful, and the story maybe a bit…
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What has died, exactly?
Apparently, ‘Death of England’ is a ‘critically acclaimed’ trilogy – that statement in of its own should have been a warning signal. “Scorching and fearless play which asks explosive and enduring questions about identity, race and class in Britain” I am told. But is asking difficult questions enough to make a play good? Not in…
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