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carenzabramwell's review against another edition
3.0
I picked this up on a whim and I'm not sure what I feel about it. There were bits I liked, but there was a lot I didn't. I found that I didn't care for the family or the plotline for the majority of the time I was reading it. It might be different if I watched it live, but as a text, it just fell flat for me. I am someone who is interested and very passionate about politics but I felt that this got a bit bogged down in the politics. It felt that it focused more on the politics than having a cohesive plotline or characters I cared about.
thatdarnreader's review
5.0
Watched it at the theatre a few years ago and finally got round to reading the play.
It was an emotional experience to watch it and read it, despite the characters not being endearing.
Another cracker by Jack Thorne.
It was an emotional experience to watch it and read it, despite the characters not being endearing.
Another cracker by Jack Thorne.
catdad77a45's review
5.0
4.5, rounded up.
Oh, how I wish I'd been able to see the premiere production at the Royal Court - I'm sure it was brilliant. Jack Thorne has become the critical/commercial savior of the English stage of late, and from this, I can certainly see why. My only (minor) quibble is that ALL of the characters (with the exception of Harriet, the odd one out) speaks with a very dry, very arch Coward-ian wit that has no IRL counterpart. But we can maybe excuse that as some genetic component of this particular family -I would rather have the zingy one-liners than verisimilitude.
Oh, how I wish I'd been able to see the premiere production at the Royal Court - I'm sure it was brilliant. Jack Thorne has become the critical/commercial savior of the English stage of late, and from this, I can certainly see why. My only (minor) quibble is that ALL of the characters (with the exception of Harriet, the odd one out) speaks with a very dry, very arch Coward-ian wit that has no IRL counterpart. But we can maybe excuse that as some genetic component of this particular family -I would rather have the zingy one-liners than verisimilitude.
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