Sometimes it’s not what you say that matters – it’s more important what you leave out, as these somewhat selective reviews of West End farce ‘Barking in Essex’ demonstrate. “An outstanding cast… The glorious Keeley Hawes,” enthuses the billboard outside the theatre and, indeed, The Observer reviewer did use these exact words before noting that “actors of this calibre deserve better work than this – let alone the audiences who pay to see them.”
The play’s website says the Sunday Telegraph pronounced it “A superb ensemble”. The review actually said, “A tiring, strangely dated affair. The pity of it is that miss Sheila Hancock heads a superb ensemble. They do their best but are patently working with criminally unfunny material.”
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