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Stockard Channing is hurting and hurtful in revival of Marsha Norman's piercing 1983 drama. Theatre revew by Tom Birchenough

Grease and West Wing star Stockard Channing stars in a tepid revival of Marsha Norman's suicide drama.

PATRICK MARMION: Whats awkward about it is that the young woman in question, Jessie (Rebecca Night), has no particular reason to end it all. Shes not terminally ill and shes not in unbearable pain.

Compelling performances aren’t enough to save Roxana Silbert’s staid restaging of this Pulitzer-winning suicide drama

The Pulitzer-winning play returns

It’s wonderful to see a bona fide film, television and Broadway star on a London stage - it’s just a shame that the always excellent Stockard Channing doesn’t have something more powerful and gripping to show off her considerable talents.

Marsha Norman's play returns

The production reopens the Theatre Downstairs later this month

Four productions mark the return of Hampstead Theatre to live audiences in 2021 - starting with Death of a Black Man and Raya

Published: 10:48 AM March 17, 2021    Playwright Alfred Fagons The Death of a Black Man was first staged at Hampstead Theatre in 1975 - Credit: Hampstead Theatre Hampstead Theatre has announced its first live productions for 2021 including a rare revival of a black British play first performed at the theatre in 1975. Telling the story of savvy teenage wheeler dealer Shakie and his best friend Stumpie, who hatch a plan to break into the booming music industry, Alfred Fagons The Death of a ...