The Independent - London, November 17th, 1999
COLLECTED STORIES THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET LONDON
AFTER THE fiasco of last year's Antony and Cleopatra at the National, it would be a pleasure to report that Helen Mirren had found a sturdier vehicle in which to parade stage talents put in the shade by her TV success. Unfortunately, Donald Margulies's two- hander is so creaky, it barely supports her vigorous attempts at a fine performance.
Margulies was inspired by the 1993 controversy surrounding American writer David Leavitt's use of Stephen Spender's autobiography for his own fictional purposes. Reconfiguring that episode between two wome...
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