Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonI brusquely dismissed Terence Rattigan's play when it opened in 1973 accompanied by a clunky curtain-raiser: I even have a copy of the play inscribed to me by the author, who adds, "God knows, you don't deserve it." But I'm happy, after all these years, to make amends. And, watching Richard Beecham's fine revival, it struck me that the play expresses the quintessential Rattigan paradox.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59PM on April 6, 2011