Almeida, LondonIt's an old rule that dramatists need to show a measure of sympathy, even to dislikable characters. But, although this 1949 Rodney Ackland adaptation of a Somerset Maugham short story initially amuses with its scathing portrait of the Surrey golf-club set, it eventually becomes a bit tiring to see so many Aunt Sallies knocked down.It was Maugham who came up with the basic idea: that the widowed Laura S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PM on March 29, 2013