It seems to have escaped almost everyone involved that it was intended as a satire.
Jane Austen meets the Truman Show.
The book-turned-film-turned-musical is anything but a stale tale.
A rich brew of eccentric, colourful characters in the rarely revived drama.
Dame Penelope Wilton is the star of the show.
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Marcus Brigstocke sucks the razzle dazzle out of everything that surrounds him.
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One-man restaurant comedy.
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Just about the best of all possible versions of the problematic operetta.
The Lyons is in surprisingly good taste!
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Graham Greene's picaresque Aunt Augusta brought electrically to life at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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