Cold Comfort Farm (Acting Edition)

The problem with this adaptation is that it fails to capture the spirit of the original novel. What a pity!

This is a slightly odd adaptation: not a 'straight' one that takes the story seriously on its own terms, but one that constantly - and eventually irritatingly - refers to its own stageyness. It works best when sticking to the original source material, to which it's largely faithful (except for removing Mr Mybug and Mrs Beetle) and worst when it occasionally veers off from comedy into strange symbolic scenes with the entwined Starkadders chanting in unison. As a previous reviewer said, the staging is technically quite difficult.

Very funny play about Flora Poste who goes to live with her relatives in the country and tries to 'tidy' things up and sort them out - and she succeeds with many comic situations en route.I bought this because I was in the play.