Doris-Anglophil got to meet Matthew Macfadyen twice today and describes both encounters. She also saw the play twice and gives some of her impressions. As always, the full account is found in the forum:
...Then we saw the play, me for the first time. It was very good. I was most impressed (don't beat me up!) by Peter Sullivan, who gave an extremely good performance in my eyes. Every second of the play he was totally convincing. He is a great actor, to be sure.
I very much focused on the whole stage, not only on Matthew, because I wanted to gain an overall impression. It is an extremely good play, thanks to Bruce Norris and Dominic Cooke! They did their job very well. Matthew acted as I expected him to do, even I had the impression that he wasn't in his best condition, don't ask me why. He has hilarious moments, but also moments where you simply want to hold him in your arms forever.
