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Perhaps the most surprising fact about Edward Hall's revival of this musical farce is that 41 years after its London Premiere, Isla Blair who was in that cast, reappears. Presumably, she started as a courtesan. Now she has graduated to the wife from hell, Domina.
The Travelex £10 Season means that the tickets are cheap. This also tests set designers and Improbable Theatre's Julian Crouch, who works wonders with little more than cardboard houses, his imagination and the Olivier's revolve.
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The voices are passable rather than wonderful with the single exception of Philip Quast, as the narcissistic Miles Gloriosus. He stands head and shoulders above the other cast members, in every sense, combining a fine baritone with great comic timing with some excellent lines.