Do3: 'Dinner' Sunday, May 7th

[DracoM]

Caught up with this last night. Very glad I did.

Astonishingly sharp acting, darkly very funny, hefty on 'language', but absolutely gripping. Thank you Harriet Walter and team.

[french frank]

Caught up with this last night. Very glad I did.

Astonishingly sharp acting, darkly very funny, hefty on 'language', but absolutely gripping. Thank you Harriet Walter and team.

For those enticed to listen and who want more details:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pv42w

There are a couple of clips on that page of Harriet Walter talking about this series that she's, erm, put together.

[Cockney Sparrow]

I chanced upon it, and couldn't leave it - I agree- gripping....

[Stanfordian]

I chanced upon it, and couldn't leave it - I agree- gripping....

Excellent programme!

With titles on the web page such as 'Curated by Harriet Walter' I see the BBC is creating its own language.

[french frank]

I listened last night. Not really my kind of play, but I did laugh out loud at times and I thought the acting absolutely excellent - Harriet Walter, Nicholas Farrell (oddly not credited at all in the cast list) and Peter McDonald.

I wasn't really as gripped as others. Not only was I wondering after about an hour whether to stay with it but - very annoyingly - my attention wandered at a key point so that I became aware (no spoiler!) of a sudden change in atmosphere without understanding whether something had happened or was going to happen; and I wasn't quite clear what had happened (I found a copy of the relevant part of the text online).

Thinking about it later, I did realise how the 'game' fitted into the plot … For me, though, the performance/production brought out the very best in a play which didn't impress me hugely. Possibly more personal taste than an objective critical judgement.