Lo scorso 31 ottobre ha debuttato la nuova commedia dell’instancabile Alan Bennett al National Theatre, ed ecco le prime recensioni che ne parlano, tutto sommato, abbastanza bene:
“Mordantly funny new play…while the play has one or two awkward contrivances, it confirms Bennett’s peculiar gift for blending the satiric and the elegiac. ”
Michael Billington for The Guardian
“Bennett’s writing brims with ideas — perhaps too many. Several of the characters are underdeveloped, and I’m not absolutely convinced that he has decided what this play’s main concern is. Yet it has bite…”
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard
“People has a good theme but the production doesn’t half plod in places.”
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail
“People is maybe not the most even-handed of plays but it demonstrates that, in his 78th year, Alan Bennett’s acute wit and talent for challenging cosy English complacencies are in a very healthy state of preservation.”
Paul Taylor for The Independent
“At 78, Alan Bennett has lost little of his mischievous wit and sense of the ridiculous. His eagerly awaited new comedy, People, may not be out of the top drawer of his work, lacking the emotional depth and sly subtlety of his best writing, but it is entertaining, funny and touching…This may not be Bennett at the very top of his game, but it is still a richly enjoyable evening. ”
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph
Il ruolo principale di People è interpretato dalla grande Frances de la Tour, che impersona Dorothy.
Questa è la terza volta che Frances de la Tour lavora con Bennett, dopo lo strepitoso successo internazionale di The History Boys e The Habit of Art.
