Theater: Life's Cuckold

THE BROWNING VERSION by Terence Rattigan

Nothing is more deceptive about The Browning Version than the insubstantiality of its plot; it seems to run without legs. After 18 years of teaching Greek literature to British boys, Andrew Crocker-Harris (Lee Richardson) is being eased out. Unwilling to scuttle standards for popularity, he has settled for the role of school ogre. The students have dubbed him the "Himmler of the Lower Fifth."

He is scarcely luckier at home. Andrew's wife Millie (Sheila Allen) is something of a snob, a shrew and a slut. Millie's only gift...

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