A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson (Oberon Modern Plays)

One did not want the evening to end. 4 **** -Paul Taylor, The Independent

A joyous encounter 4 **** -Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph

You feel you are eavesdropping on one of the great double-acts in literary history. --Michael Billington, The Guardian

An evening of pure civilised delight... Johnson's mighty spirit and vast hinterland are conjured up in swift revealing touches... One did not want the evening to end. --Paul Taylor, The Independent

The great thing about this new show from Max Stafford Clark's Out of Joint Company is that you emerge feeling that you have had a genuinely close encounter with the great man... His company is a delight and an education... It's a tremendous performance in a show of continuous pleasure.
--Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph

Johnson so bestrides our literary and linguistic culture that even such an 80-minute trot offers delights aplenty. --Ian Shuttleworth, The Financial Times

This is far more than just a string of famous quotes. It's Johnson's many contradictions that fascinate... this small show is driven by a large and generous heart. --Jane Edwardes, Sunday Times

Well-constructed and carefully researched... The text is punctuated with Johnson's aphorisms... urbane and intelligent fare - Evening Standard

A neatly crafted work... the result is a highly amusing evening of much wit, some wisdom and plenty of bile... What emerges is his magnificent embrace of the English language - Daily Express

An entertaining voyage around the 18th-century writer - Sunday Telegraph

It is a most invigorating brew... There is such penetrating wit - Observer

One did not want the evening to end. 4 **** -Paul Taylor, The Independent

A joyous encounter 4 **** -Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph

You feel you are eavesdropping on one of the great double-acts in literary history. --Michael Billington, The Guardian

An evening of pure civilised delight... Johnson's mighty spirit and vast hinterland are conjured up in swift revealing touches... One did not want the evening to end. --Paul Taylor, The Independent

The great thing about this new show from Max Stafford Clark's Out of Joint Company is that you emerge feeling that you have had a genuinely close encounter with the great man... His company is a delight and an education... It's a tremendous performance in a show of continuous pleasure.
--Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph

Johnson so bestrides our literary and linguistic culture that even such an 80-minute trot offers delights aplenty. --Ian Shuttleworth, The Financial Times

This is far more than just a string of famous quotes. It's Johnson's many contradictions that fascinate... this small show is driven by a large and generous heart. --Jane Edwardes, Sunday Times

Well-constructed and carefully researched... The text is punctuated with Johnson's aphorisms... urbane and intelligent fare - Evening Standard

A neatly crafted work... the result is a highly amusing evening of much wit, some wisdom and plenty of bile... What emerges is his magnificent embrace of the English language - Daily Express

An entertaining voyage around the 18th-century writer - Sunday Telegraph

It is a most invigorating brew... There is such penetrating wit - Observer