I've seen many plays where the set tells the story, but Alphabetical Order is the first I remember in which the scene change represents the vital visual image. Michael Frayn's 1975 comedy is set in the library of a regional newspaper. (Let's just take a moment to savour those nostalgic words: library; regional; newspaper. Anyone need footnotes, or are you happy to look them up on Wikipedia?). The … [Read more...]
David Jays on theatre and dance
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