Peter Nichols (2)Recensioni

2021 movie #94. 1966. Georgie (Redgrave) is a frumpy, old-fashioned girl in Mod London. Envious of her beautiful roommate (Rampling) and fighting off the advances of her father's boss (Mason), she makes her own independent way. Redgrave was nominated for Best Actress Oscar.

Also published under the title "Passion", this is a play about middle-aged James and Eleanor. Married twenty-five years, they are happily comfortable with each other until their friend dies and his much younger mistress sets her sights on James, who isn't attracted to the woman, yet can't resist the offer.
An interesting take on infidelity, as James' conscience splits off and becomes another character, while the dead friend's wife becomes the voice of foreboding for Eleanor.

A brilliant play on the difficulties of a marriage when the child is born disabled, in this case, severely disabled. The parents joke and role-play to deal with the pain, but the pain has become the defining feature of their marriage. The crisis comes when the wife brings home two friends from her rehearsal at the local theatre company, and the husband's mother drops by unannounced. The father has dreams of euthanasia, which horrify most of those around him. The ending of the play is poignant, but does leave some room for the theatre-goer to build their own ending, that third act that takes place after you leave the theatre.½

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Wikipedia: The play centers on a British couple who are struggling to raise their only child, a severely handicapped girl who is incontinent and unable to communicate. Taking care of her has occupied nearly every moment of her parent's lives since her birth, and this has taken a heavy toll on their marriage.
Sheila, her mother, still clings to impossible dreams of Josephine's recovery, while her father, Bri, has begun to entertain chilling fantasies of killing Josephine.
Joe Egg won the Evening Standard Award for best play (1967) and a Tony Award for best revival (1985).