Old times

Description

The scene is a fashionably remodelled farmhouse in the countryside somewhere beyond London, where a prosperous and urbane couple are entertaining the wife's former roommate and friend whom they have not seen for twenty years. At first the husband and wife banter, then the friend joins them and a flood of intertwining memories ensues. The action shifts back and forth in time, as recollection of what did - or, perhaps, did not - happen are pondered and, as the tension builds, we are aware that the husband and the friend have become locked in a duel for the wife's very soul. 'Old Times' was first presented by the RSC at the Aldwych Theatre, London, in June 1971.

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