TheatreReviewJermyn Street theatre, London
A bestselling romance writer leaves his wife for a glamorous new partner in this 1940 play whose gender politics feel toothless now
Dorothy L Sayers is not primarily known as a playwright. Better celebrated as a novelist, she wrote this battle-of-the-sexes comedy of manners in 1940 and it is through no fault of this production that its laughter lacks bite.
Bestselling romance writer Godfrey (Alan Cox) has left his apparently dull wife, Edith (Leah Whitaker), for a talented young actor, Lydia (Emily Barber). Read More...
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