The Man of Mode
Olivier, National Theatre, London from 29 January 2007
George Etherege’s glittering masterwork of Restoration
Comedy is set in a London obsessed with having it all, and takes a steely
look at young people driven by the need to have the latest clothes, the latest
gossip and each other’s bodies.
Constancy at my age! It is not a virtue in season: you
might as well expect the autumn fruit to ripen in the spring.
Dorimant, who can generally charm any woman in town back
to his apartment, can’t persuade Belinda into his bed until he’s
promised to dump Loveit, his current mistress. Mission accomplished, he turns
his sights on Harriet, who is rich enough to solve his financial problems
but smart enough not to play his game.
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