Funny old
night down at Marford Road. Director Malcolm Hobbs seemed to throw everything
but the kitchen sink at his Wheathampstead Dramatic Society staging of Euripides’
Helen. The Frank McGuinness bawdy language is underpinned by a bewildering
variety of costumes and acting styles in this interesting slant on the
aftermath of the Trojan War. It shouldn’t work but strangely it did. Ignore the
heavy reference points and you could be watching a modern marital comedy in
which Irene Morris’s Helen of Troy was outstanding and Steve Leadbetter a
strong and positive support. Interesting evening. I shall muse on its faults but,
as one of my companions said, it was a production which grew on you. Given the
heavy programme notes that was no mean achievement. Roy Hall
Full review to follow
Finishes tomorrow (Saturday 20th October - 8.00pm)
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