As it was my birthday I pushed the boat out a little and paid £50 for seat Dress Circle A 21. This is more that I would normally pay for Dress Circle and I head up to Upper Circle for the more expensive productions but this was my birthday and I was worth £50 (plus a little bit more for beer and ice cream).
I head heard The Browning Version on the radio but too long ago to remember much about it, and Table Number Seven was new to me so I was looking forward to hearing two new stories.
Table Number Seven came first and we set in a hotel in Brighton where several elderly people lived.
The story was about one of them who had been caught acting inappropriately (for 1954) and the reaction of the other residents to this. These reactions varied from hostility to indifference as they discussed how the hotel should respond.
There were other events going on in the residents' lives and these gave all of the characters a richness that made the main story compelling and believable.
It was all the little character details and the great skill of the ensemble cast that made the play a great success.
The Browning Version had a different setting and a different story but the theme and construction was the same. Events happened and we learned more and more about all of the characters.
It was all the little character details and the great skill of the ensemble cast that made the play a great success.
In both plays one character has to make one big decision in the main story line and while there was drama in that it was all the little steps along the way to those decisions that mattered. They were two rich and rewarding plays. Ideal for a theatre loving birthday boy!
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