Sweet Bird Of Youth Reviews

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Average customer review: 2.5 star rating (2.5 Stars)

Number of reviews: 2

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4.0 star rating David Gee from Newhaven, Sussex, UK

GREAT ACTING IN AN ARTHRITIC MELODRAMA

This is a typical Williams melodrama, mildly steamy, with typical Williams characters: a histrionic female passing her use-by date and a young man whose promise is burning out. Boss Finley is a blatant recycling of HOT TIN ROOF's Big Daddy; Chance Wayne is a non-gay variant on the same play's Brick; Alexandra Del Lago has more than a touch of STREETCAR's Blanche Dubois (not to mention Norma Desmond!). The cannibalisation theme from SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER becomes castration and venereal infection here - shocking stuff in 1959 if less so today. But these slightly arthritic plays do offer great vehicles for stars old and new. Kim Cattrell spins a pleasing variation on Samantha Jones and is magnificent in the final scene. Seth Numrich gives a believable, sympathetic performance as the aptly named Chance, who can see love and stardom both slipping just out of his reach. Numrich is a young man to watch (especially with his shirt off!).

1.0 star rating Angela from penkridge,staffordshire

A DISAPPOINTING EVENING

The play is very hard going for the first half an hour but does improve with the introduction of more characters. Although I am a regular theatre glee I have never been to the Old Vic but was well impressed. A shame half of the pit bar was not accessible due to a private party with few guests and took up a great deal of room! To summarise. Would I recommend the re commend to anyone else? Probably not I would've asked the people sat either side of me ( one being my husband) for their opinion had they both not fallen asleep. Enough said.

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