Royal & Derngate, Northampton, then on tourSet in 1912, this is a slight but well-constructed story of a prodigal daughter's brief return to the home of her country doctor father, her hopes of stage success crushed by lack of talent (something Charlotte Emmerson, who plays her, lacks not). English Touring Theatre's production adds a mix of expressionism, melodrama and music hall to spice up JB Priestley's drawing-roo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM on June 11, 2011