13 November 2005, by Webmaster
Otherwise Engaged, Criterion Theatre, London
Emotional absenteeism is not the easiest subject to dramatise, but Simon Gray pulls off the trick with darkly comic aplomb and psychological shrewdness in Otherwise Engaged, his 1975 play which is revived now in Simon Curtis’s entertaining production.
Simon Hench, a publisher pushing 40, has set aside a day to spend alone at home listening to his new recording of Parsifal. We see him open this precious purchase, place the first disc on the (...)