Christopher Hampton press clippings - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Press clippings

The Philanthropist review

Across the board, supposedly soul-searching scenes often come to sound more like shallow, self-centred millennial whines than the intended existential angst.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th April 2017

Review: The Philanthropist

The audience liked it, and though it won't be remembered as one of the year's great plays, it was good to see a work by a classic playwright in a new production with a cast not used to this form.

Beatrix Swanson Scott, A Younger Theatre, 25th April 2017

The Philanthropist review

This is dated beyond belief and either needs urgent freshening up or leaving it to its past.

Carns Theatre Passion, 24th April 2017

Review: The Philanthropist

A combination of bad casting and lacklustre directing from Simon Callow leads to an ultimately disappointing evening; the greatest act of philanthropy would be to scrap it and start again.

Danny Coleman-Cooke, BritishTheatre.com, 22nd April 2017

Review: The Philanthropist

So as a period piece, it rang true; and Bird's and Cole's performances in particular left me convinced and rather sorrowful.

Libby Purves, My Theatre Mates, 22nd April 2017

Review: The Philanthropist

The Philanthropist isn't a bad show. There are some very funny moments and the concept of the piece is an interesting one. Definitely worth going to see if you like the sound of it.

West End Wilma, 22nd April 2017

Review: The Philanthropist

You'd have to be a very generous philanthropist to recommend it as a night out.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd April 2017

The Philanthropist was written when Christopher Hampton was only 23 - and here gets a revival that for once casts actors in their late-twenties, early-thirties, as intended. But it's not revelatory: these academics act like old fogeys who sleep about a bit.

Holly Williams, What's On Stage, 21st April 2017