Alan Bennett’s new play PEOPLE, directed by Nick Hytner, opened last night at the Lyttelton, National Theatre to rave reviews.
Featuring Robin Pearce.
* * * * * Times
* * * * Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent
“A grand evening if you’ve never heard of the author; if you follow him, far more”. , The Times.
“It distils every ambivalent Benettian preoccupation: authenticity, history, popilism, nostalgia, camp, class, Yorkshire, Anglicanism, apologetic smut, unlived lives, batty old ladies, porn, chamberpots, the Thatcher legacy. It is wonderfully funny too.” , The Times.
“It is entertaining, funny and touching… Nicholas Hytner directs a warmly engaging production.” , The Telegraph
“Alan Bennett’s acute wit and talent for challenging cosy English complacencies are in a very healthy state of preservation.” , The Independent
“In Nicholas Hytner’s affectionate production… it’s the moments of tenderness and droll social insight that show Bennett at his best.” Evening Standard
