The play was talky, structurally awkward, and failed to reach a natural climax. It was overloaded with subplots, and it did not capitalize on its most dramatic situations. It suffered from cloudy characterization. But it was brilliant.
In its first English production, Lawrence Durrell's Sappho is the outstanding offering of the current Edinburgh Festival. Written more than ten years ago when Durrell had only seen two plays ("And one of them was Charley's Aunt"), Sappho probably belongs on the bookshelf rather than the stage. But as a first play, it contains ample evidence that Novelist Durrell could become a major...
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