Reviews for "The Pride"
Some reviews of "The Pride", directed by Richard Wilson, have surfaced and they are largely positive. Other reviews will be added to this post as they come up. Click on the name of the reviewer to read the full review at their site, which may contain spoilers for the plot.
The Guardian | Lyn Gardner: (4/5 stars) "In this revival by Richard Wilson, space itself - the distance between two people sitting on a sofa - becomes almost an extra character. This isn't just a social document about how the clipped repressions of the 1950s gave way to the freedoms of today, but a marvellous, sad and blisteringly funny account of the fear of being unloved, of never being able to be yourself, of waking in the night with your spouse or lover by your side and feeling like the loneliest person in the world."
Whatsonstage.com | Sophie Bush: (4 stars) "The sterling cast are held together by Richard Wilson’s truthful, unfussy direction [...] Wilson’s production is also full of warmth and humour and we're left with an overwhelming sense of humanity and possibility."
The Stage | Ben East: "Even so, the dramatic interest in Richard Wilson’s direction clearly comes with the 1958 scenes - although they do play just a little too heavily on stiff-upper-lip cliches.[...] Wilson lays the reticence, repression and act one’s violent denouement on thick - and The Pride is all the more enjoyable for him doing so. "
The Telegraph | Dominic Cavendish: (4 stars) "The acting in Richard Wilson’s masterly revival in Sheffield is first-rate[...]. A powerful, essential evening."
Broadwayworld.com | Ruth Deller: "If I had one minor quibble it would be that the 1958 scenes are rather static and slow in the first act [...] That aside, this is a well-acted and directed play that looks stunning and engages an audience very effectively."
The Guardian | Lyn Gardner: (4/5 stars) "In this revival by Richard Wilson, space itself - the distance between two people sitting on a sofa - becomes almost an extra character. This isn't just a social document about how the clipped repressions of the 1950s gave way to the freedoms of today, but a marvellous, sad and blisteringly funny account of the fear of being unloved, of never being able to be yourself, of waking in the night with your spouse or lover by your side and feeling like the loneliest person in the world."
Whatsonstage.com | Sophie Bush: (4 stars) "The sterling cast are held together by Richard Wilson’s truthful, unfussy direction [...] Wilson’s production is also full of warmth and humour and we're left with an overwhelming sense of humanity and possibility."
The Stage | Ben East: "Even so, the dramatic interest in Richard Wilson’s direction clearly comes with the 1958 scenes - although they do play just a little too heavily on stiff-upper-lip cliches.[...] Wilson lays the reticence, repression and act one’s violent denouement on thick - and The Pride is all the more enjoyable for him doing so. "
The Telegraph | Dominic Cavendish: (4 stars) "The acting in Richard Wilson’s masterly revival in Sheffield is first-rate[...]. A powerful, essential evening."
Broadwayworld.com | Ruth Deller: "If I had one minor quibble it would be that the 1958 scenes are rather static and slow in the first act [...] That aside, this is a well-acted and directed play that looks stunning and engages an audience very effectively."