Post by marion on Jun 14, 2024 9:12:36 GMT
This is a trilogy of plays by Noel Coward, rarely staged apparently. And now I know why!!! 😂😂😂 The shows are performed by the same cast of Tara Fitzgerald, Emma Fielding, Stephen Boxer and Steffan Rizzoli (who plays the waiter). Yesterday was the double bill of the two playlets. A friend of mine went last week and thought it was fantastic. It was also noticeable that the audience was at least 60-70% men. This is really unusual for an OT matinée.
First we saw Shadows of the Evening, about a man who had had a terminal diagnosis and is discussing life and death with his ex wife and current mistress who used to be friends. I found this extremely boring and it didn’t hold my attention at all really. Tara Fitzgerald gave a very odd performance as the stressed out mistress and was barely audible at times. I think this was mainly because, as it is in the round, she had her back to us a lot of the time and her hand over her mouth! Great!!
Next came Come into the Garden, Maud which concerns a very rich American and his social climbing wife who come to Europe. He is attracted to a more Bohemian Italian princess played by TF. This was much better and rather amusing, but nothing like as glittering as the Noel Coward classics.
The final applause from the audience was very positive (I was amazed) so it was maybe just me not being in the right frame of mind. But the lady next to me from our group shared my opinion. On Saturday we go to the third, full length play, A Song at Twilight.
First we saw Shadows of the Evening, about a man who had had a terminal diagnosis and is discussing life and death with his ex wife and current mistress who used to be friends. I found this extremely boring and it didn’t hold my attention at all really. Tara Fitzgerald gave a very odd performance as the stressed out mistress and was barely audible at times. I think this was mainly because, as it is in the round, she had her back to us a lot of the time and her hand over her mouth! Great!!
Next came Come into the Garden, Maud which concerns a very rich American and his social climbing wife who come to Europe. He is attracted to a more Bohemian Italian princess played by TF. This was much better and rather amusing, but nothing like as glittering as the Noel Coward classics.
The final applause from the audience was very positive (I was amazed) so it was maybe just me not being in the right frame of mind. But the lady next to me from our group shared my opinion. On Saturday we go to the third, full length play, A Song at Twilight.
Anymore to come?
