Sand in the Sandwiches by Hugh Whitemore

Sand in the Sandwiches by Hugh Whitemore
We went to watch the matinee of this play on Thursday 27th Oct. Edward Fox gave a brilliant one man performance, capturing John Betjeman's mannerisms so well and reciting so many of his familiar poems. However, we were very disappointed with the sound. When he was standing or facing the audience and reciting a poem directly, one could hear him but when he was just conversing, raising and lowering his voice, as one does in conversation, the sound was lost. We were sitting in the circle in the front row, which should not have been a problem but two women who were sitting next to us actually left at the interval. We felt it was a pity that not enough thought had been given to this as Edward Fox's fine performance was let down by this shortcoming.
Sue C