Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

Easy listening

The Prisoner of Second Avenue <br /> Vaudeville, until 25 September Lingua Franca <br /> Finborough, until 7 August

issue 24 July 2010

The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Vaudeville, until 25 September

Lingua Franca
Finborough, until 7 August

Neil Simon has received more nominations from Oscar and Tony than any other dramatist in history, so his comedies ought to be playing constantly in London. But revivals of his plays are rarities. Something of the Simonian essence seems to fall off the plane mid-Atlantic.

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