I saw Home on the night it was first shown- my dad allowed me to stay up as my mum and younger sister were out for the evening to see the film Nicholas and Alexander. I was 10 years old.
The only cast member I knew beforehand was Dandy Nicholls and it all seemed a bit dull at first just listening to Gielgud and Richardson exchange banal remarks. But after a few minutes it twigged that all was not quite what it seemed. It was by turns funny, surreal and sad - and the two stars were obviously actors of serious ability. They remain favourites of mine to this day.
I remember the play was repeated about a year later and it turned up on some BBC themed evening at some time in the 1990s and it still seemed remarkably good but I've not seen it since. There may have been better Plays for Today - although I doubt none that was better acted- but Home will always be one of those things which I would list with first seeing Monty Python or hearing Thelonious Monk ( both around the same time as I saw Home) as being one of those gateways to grown up things. Sorry if that all seems a bit pretentious but this play was something I saw at the right time of my life.
The only cast member I knew beforehand was Dandy Nicholls and it all seemed a bit dull at first just listening to Gielgud and Richardson exchange banal remarks. But after a few minutes it twigged that all was not quite what it seemed. It was by turns funny, surreal and sad - and the two stars were obviously actors of serious ability. They remain favourites of mine to this day.
I remember the play was repeated about a year later and it turned up on some BBC themed evening at some time in the 1990s and it still seemed remarkably good but I've not seen it since. There may have been better Plays for Today - although I doubt none that was better acted- but Home will always be one of those things which I would list with first seeing Monty Python or hearing Thelonious Monk ( both around the same time as I saw Home) as being one of those gateways to grown up things. Sorry if that all seems a bit pretentious but this play was something I saw at the right time of my life.