Going off at half-cock.

The Evening Standard (London, England) | April 9, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: NICHOLAS DE JONGH

Bedroom Farce

Aldwych

SEX is no laughing matter, as far as the inhibited characters in this old Alan Ayckbourn comedy are concerned. And I fear Loveday Ingram's curiously zestless production of Bedroom Farce does not itself manage to raise a sufficient volume or frequency of laughter. Is the play a darkish comedy or farce or both? Miss Ingram and a cast, led by those expert comedians Richard Briers and June Whitfield, appear to have no certain or concerted opinion.

Regrettably the actors in this not quite sexual…

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