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PATRICK MARMION reviews In Praise Of Love at the Orange Tree Theatre: Neat twists and terrific acting lift period drama purgatory
Despite a first half drowning in a vat of viscous exposition, explaining themselves to each other and a biddable American friend, the second half is much more intriguing.
Reportedly inspired by his friend Rex Harrison’s marriage to his third wife (of six), Kay Kendall, it’s about a former WWII Estonian resistance fighter Lydia (Claire Price) hiding a terminal illness from her chauvinist literary critic husband Sebastian (Dominic Rowan). Reportedly inspired by his friend Rex Harrison’s marriage to his third wife (of six), Kay Kendall, it’s about a former WWII Estonian resistance fighter Lydia (Claire Price) hiding a terminal illness from her chauvinist literary critic husband Sebastian (Dominic Rowan) Until then, emotional lockdown is maintained by rivers of Scotch, while Amelia Sears’s tidy production takes us down memory lane on Peter Butler’s set of Scandinavian painted floorboards, G-plan furniture and super-snug flares.
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