Tag: Union Theatre
How’s the World Treating You?
Frank More just wants to teach history. But from losing his trousers in an army transit camp in 1946 to losing his marbles as a failed washing machine salesman in 1966, will he ever succeed? Roger Milner’s surreal three-act comedy about post-war British snobbery and double standards – unseen in … Continue Reading How’s the World Treating You?
For Services Rendered
Melancholy pervades James Bounds’ heartfelt revival of Somerset Maugham’s tale of a wealthy family struggling to adapt in the aftermath of the Great War, which has left Sydney, the only son, blind. The diffuse yellow light that plays across the set, a country-house conservatory, evokes a summer’s day drawing to … Continue Reading For Services Rendered
