Home, Iâm Darling exposes the hollowness of nostalgia
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By Harriet Cunningham
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Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, â â â â
Judy wishes for a simpler time. A time of hats and ties and rotary dial telephones. A time when a wife greets her husband with a martini and a pair of slippers.
Just be careful what you wish for.
Andrea Demetriades in Sydney Theatre Companyâs Home, Iâm Darling
Credit:Prudence Upton
Sydney Theatre Companyâs production of Laura Wadeâs Olivier Award-winning comedy,
Home, Iâm Darling, opens with a picture-perfect reconstruction of a 1950s household. Itâs cute. The wife prepares breakfast â a boiled egg and toast while the husband gets dressed.
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