Abigail was shown on Wednesday. Yes it was an unusual TV Kevin but in my experience it's the play itself that just grips the viewer from the off-stunned and horrified by Beverly perhaps? [post4*] "Period Piece", that was the argument put forward [to my surprise] by the writer and commentator Mark Lawson in Radio Times recently about the plays. He said they were "of their time" and couldn't be done now! Yes they could [and better in a studio] or just filmed in-situ like the amazing Cypress Avenue recorded and broadcast from the Almedia last summer [buried late, mid-week on BBC4 for safety]. These contemporary plays are still being written of course and produced, all round the country now. A lot of London performances take place in a theatrical space that is a room above a pub. Things have moved on technically in half a century. We could all attend via maybe two people and an attache case sized camera set up. It just requires the will
Dave W
[Of course I'm assuming post the Covid Crisis!]
Oh and I forgot to say that Vivaldi is an examination of domestic bliss-no really!