"Then, suddenly, in come the interlopers, Damien Molony’s self-regarding young Foster, flicking his 70s-style hair and cutting through the air of drink-fuelled gentility with swear words, and Owen Teale’s Briggs who is straight out of a Ray Winstone movie.
The room in which Spooner had felt “safe from all danger” suddenly seems as safe as the lion enclosure at the zoo."
"Director Sean Mathias presumably did not have to wring great performances from such a cast.
Clearly savouring the dialogue forged by Pinter, a beguiling theatrical master, they all deliver a masterclass of their own. The mood swings, the threats, the moments of high comedy and the linguistic brilliance combine to make one hell of a good night in the theatre."