The Oldie

THEATRE

Phoenix Theatre, until llth March

In 1970, Michael Frayn wrote a play called The Two of Us, first performed by Lynn Redgrave and Richard Briers.

Watching it backstage one night, he found it a lot funnier than when he’d seen it from out front. This revelation prompted him to write a one-act play called The producer Michael Codron encouraged him to expand it, and the result was this perfect three-act

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