Branagh fails the Wall test as Archie Rice | Letters
As a member of the Max Wall Society " known as bricks " I was fascinated to read Michael Billington's review of The Entertainer (31 August). Max Wall himself played Archie Rice in John Osborne's own revival at the Greenwich theatre to much acclaim. Although Billington praises Kenneth Branagh's performance, he regrets that the brilliance of Osborne's play, which lies in the use of the dying of music hall as a metaphor…