Orange Tree, RichmondKenneth Tynan first had the bright idea of staging a trio of mid-Victorian farces by the forgotten John Maddison Morton, claiming he is "better than Feydeau". A single Morton piece did make it to the Old Vic in 1968, but we have had to wait until now for Tynan's threesome. It not only proves the prolific Morton is unjustly neglected but suggests that the chief ingredient of farce, apart from emba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM on June 5, 2011