[spoilers] Hermione Norris/Ros

[Tea Lady]

(12-03-2011 09:56 PM)watchstrap Wrote:  

(12-03-2011 01:33 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  Blithe Spirit only got 2 out of 5 stars in the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/mar...rit-review

On the plus side HN got a good write up.

Im off to see it in 2 weeks. I feel a little nonplussed now. Can't decide whether I'm still looking forward to it.

This review reminded me of the difference between reading a good book for pleasure and pulling it apart in an English Lit class. The reviewer obviously knows a lot more than me about the writing style of Coward and what it all means, but I just took the play on surface value and enjoyed it enormously. I wasn't the only person laughing when I saw it.

I think you have a point there watchstrap. I will be taking it at face value. If you are comparing it to everything that ever went before it, then you will always find fault, no matter how good the current version is. I am now looking forward to it again.