Even "Plays of the Year" has rarely included so varied a collection as this thirty-seventh half-yearly volume. It contains a historical drama by a great contemporary French dramatist; a satire on Parliamentary procedure, equally successful in the theatre and on television; a play by a leading novelist, dramatist, and director; and another in the sequence of 'business plays' much approved over the years. "The Cardinal of Spain", finely translated from Henry de Montherlant by Jonathan Griffin, ran at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre with Max Adrian and Sian Phillips; "Have You Any Dirty Washing, Mother Dear?", by Clive Exton, was extremely amusing at Hampstead Theatre Club and on television; John Hale's "The Black Swan Winter" also ran at Hempstead; and "The Sacking of Norman Banks", by George Ross and Campbell Singer, which has it's debut at Bromley, will presently reach the West End.
Even "Plays of the Year" has rarely included so varied a collection as this thirty-seventh half-yearly volume. It contains a historical drama by a great contemporary French dramatist; a satire on Parliamentary procedure, equally successful in the theatre and on television; a play by a leading novelist, dramatist, and director; and another in the sequence of 'business plays' much approved over the years. "The Cardinal of Spain", finely translated from Henry de Montherlant by Jonathan Griffin, ran at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre with Max Adrian and Sian Phillips; "Have You Any Dirty Washing, Mother Dear?", by Clive Exton, was extremely amusing at Hampstead Theatre Club and on television; John Hale's "The Black Swan Winter" also ran at Hempstead; and "The Sacking of Norman Banks", by George Ross and Campbell Singer, which has it's debut at Bromley, will presently reach the West End.