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A DAY BY THE SEA – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Libby Purves25th October 2017Leave a Comment

This is a substantial, gently-moving play – 2 hrs 45 minutes – but in its meditation on life, attrition, middle-aged disappointment, family entanglements and memory it is as engrossing as Chekhov can be. But it is set nearer in time – 1953 – and closer to home: NC Hunter was a West End monarch in the age of Rattigan

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A DAY BY THE SEA – Southwark Playhouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Susan Elkin11th October 2017Leave a Comment

A Day by the Sea is beautifully written, nicely observed, often witty and very compelling in the hands of director, Tricia Thorns and her cast.

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A DAY BY THE SEA – Southwark Playhouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz9th October 2017Leave a Comment

Classic 1953 play by the English Chekhov is fascinating, but rather dated in its values and too clumsy in its production.

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