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On This Day: 17th April

Well, having taken a rest on 16th April from theatre-going for the last few years, I resume normal service on this day ... but while preparing this day's post I realise something very spooky! On this same day, nine years apart,the two plays I saw were both written by Laura Wade! 😮

So what were they?

in 2010

This was actually the first production of Laura Wade's Posh, at the Royal Court, London. Very much an "actors theatre" the Royal Court has seen some of the best talent on it's stages, including many at the start of glittering careers.

What we didn't know then was that handsome fellow about town Kit Harrington, in what I think was only his second professional stage role, was already prepping Jon Snow in Game of Thrones! In fact, looking at the cast list now, there are quite a few names that are now frequently seen on TV, Stage, and film.

A very British play about the foul underbelly of privilege at the heart of our politics then (and to a large extent still today) shows very dramatically the contempt that those with wealth and position have for  ordinary 'oiks' and their assumption that they have the absolute right to do exactly as they please, and the rest of us should be grateful.

As such not exactly a pleasant experience, and you can leave the theatre feeling rather "soiled", but  it is, nonetheless, a pertinent comment on the obscenity of a class system.


in 2019

At the Theatre Royal Bath to see Home, I'm Darling, apparently Laura Wade's first new play since Posh.

Much less overtly political this one takes the style of sitcom to lull you into a sense of old-fashioned comfort before pulling the rug out from under you as it reveals the emotional turmoil at the heart of this main character's apparently idyllic life as the "perfect housewife".

To paraphrase a key line in the play "The past didn’t look like this even back then! Those days were terrible. The idea that anyone would want to go back there is ridiculous." But, still, there are people who hanker for the seeming safety of the 'good old days'.

At first glance a charming witty little comedy but it neatly unravels to take you somewhere you didn't expect.  Although ... if I'd realised when I booked that it was written by the creator of Posh, I might well have been more prepared! 😄


Postscript

A final little note on the Laura Wade connections ... in September 2019 (and I hope I'm not still doing these Before The Lockdown posts in September!) a saw a new production of Posh, also at the Theatre Royal Bath, with another fine cast of future stars.

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