PATRICK MARMION: Shakespeare wrote 37. George Bernard Shaw wrote more than 60. But Alan Ayckbourn has topped them both with his 85th play, The Girl Next Door.
Review: The Death of a Black Man, at Hampstead Theatre westendextra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from westendextra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This neglected play by Alfred Fagon – returning to Hampstead Theatre after its 1975 premiere - is an anarchic, chaotic exploration of the lives of black Britons in post-60s, pre-punk King’s Road. The play’s fluid approach to character and narrative made it hugely radical in its day: those qualities, and some of its attitudes, make it hugely challenging now. But my God, the writing is vivid, and Dawn Walton’s production compelling. She draws.