The Hothouse
Lyttelton, National Theatre, London from 11th July to 27th October 2007
At once chilling and deliriously funny, Harold Pinter's The Hothouse was written in 1958 just before The
Caretaker.
You've insulted me, you've insulted the cook, and you've
insulted Jesus Christ. Harold Pinter, who won the Nobel
Prize in Literature in 2005, is generally regarded as the world's greatest
living dramatist.
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"Stephen Moore's raddled Roote flickers between dear old
buffer and cornered beast, his lines sometimes trailing off into a W C Fields-like
snarl. Paul Ritter is hilarious as the garrulous alcoholic who spins elaborate
lies to deceive the public, but responds to bullying with instant masochism.
Leo Bill is painfully endearing, as well as funny, as Lamb, the terribly
nice young man scampering eagerly to his slaughter. Lia Williams endows Miss
Cutts with disconcerting, silent power – she can pause even while saying
nothing – but she meets her match in the Gibbs of Finbar Lynch, whose
crisp manner conceals from his colleagues, but not from us, his jackal heart" 
Rhoda
Koenig, The Independent
Audience's reviews: No audience reviews
