Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, Theatre Royal, Windsor. August 6 to 11. Pygmalion, which most of us know better as the musical ‘My Fair Lady’ was a Peter Hall production with a star-studded cast led by Tim Pigot-Smith as Professor Higgins with Barbara Jefford as his longsuffering mother. To read more visit the Theatre Reviews section of www.mychilterns.co.uk
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Hard Times a play by Harold Pinter performed at Theatre Royal Windsor
Old Times by Harold Pinter. Theatre Royal, Windsor. April 9 to 14. A play like this gives enjoyment afterwards – exchanging theories, aiming to get to the centre of what the great man was getting at. And, yes, Pinter was right there in the audience on April 10 so we all shared an evening with a much-honoured Nobel laureate!
To see the full review please visit www.mychilterns.co.uk
Hard Times a play by Harold Pinter performed at Theatre Royal Windsor
Old Times by Harold Pinter. Theatre Royal, Windsor. April 9 to 14. A play like this gives enjoyment afterwards – exchanging theories, aiming to get to the centre of what the great man was getting at. And, yes, Pinter was right there in the audience on April 10 so we all shared an evening with a much-honoured Nobel laureate!
To see the full review please visit www.mychilterns.co.uk
The Hound of the Baskervilles at Theatre Royal Windsor
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted for the stage by Clive Francis. Theatre Royal, Windsor. February 19 to March 3.
In this production, new and inventive treatment is being given to this most famous of all Sherlock Holmes detective stories. A bare stage with a few piles of books is the only scenery, and even these have to double up as seats. Changes of scene and shots of the countryside, whether shown as in the pages of a gigantic book, or realistically portraying overcast moorland, all depend on a series of back projections and sound effects.
Backed up in this way, apart from the central characters of Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant Dr Watson, 12 other characters are played by only three people: Andrew Harrison, Hattie Ladbury and Rupert Mason.
Peter Egan and Philip Franks as Holmes and Watson are at the heart of the play, and a joy to watch, demonstrating, as usual, their famous partnership with Holmes showing off, and the obliging Watson never minding being patronised.
The action starts in Holmes’s rooms in Baker Street when they examine a walking stick left behind by a Dr Mortimer (Rupert Mason) whose home is in Dartmoor. He arrives to collect it and reads them an ancient legend telling of the frightful killing of a previous member of the Baskerville family by a monstrous dog.
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