A fantastic production with the usual NT polish – amazing sets and
sound effects – the departing plane seems to fly through the theatre. The play
itself is a cut down version (3.25 hours from 5) of an experiment by Eugene
O’Neill that reflects extensive use of soliloquy. This was very well done in
this production and introduced a note of hilarity in revealing the characters’
private thoughts. The story centres around the female character – Nina – who
had been in love with Gordon who was killed in the War (WW I) and never quite
lets him go. The man she later marries has madness in his family so she aborts
their baby and conceives with a doctor with whom she goes on to have a lengthy
on/off affair. The only blot was that the star (Anne-Marie Duff) was ill and
the understudy seemed to me to lack conviction in places and I thought she muffed her lines occasionally.
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