She Stoops To Conquer, National Theatre

Quote of the day: “The National Theatre story begins in 1564, with the birth of William Shakespeare.”

In a Guardian blog, the newspaper’s chief critic, Michael Billington, points out the fact that at yesterday’s Critics’ Circle Awards, fringe venues did rather well.

Quote of the day: “Technological amnesia and complete indifference to history remain the defining conditions of contemporary internet debate.”

This week, I ventured out to National Theatre to see a revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1980 comedy, Season’s Greetings.