Watch on the Rhine
Watch on the Rhine
84% 5 reviews
84%
(5 Ratings)
Positive
100%
Mixed
0%
Negative
0%
Members say
Great acting, Intelligent, Absorbing, Funny, Slow

About the Show

Patricia Hodge stars in Lillian Hellman's political thriller.

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Critic Reviews (11)

London Theatre
January 12th, 2023

"This 'Watch on the Rhine' is well worth watching: not in a long time has a show come so honestly by the standing ovation at its close."
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Time Out London
January 11th, 2023

" ‘Watch on the Rhine’ was written for a specific time. It must have been incendiary in its day. It’s not now. But its shift from bourgeoise cosiness to shocking violence remains bravura stuff."
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The Telegraph (UK)
January 11th, 2023

"Watchable ... but more curio than classic."
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WhatsOnStage
January 11th, 2023

"For all its oddity, and over-writing, the play grips...It may not come back for another 40 years, but it feels like an important piece in the history of theatre."
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The London Evening Standard
January 11th, 2023

"This is a handsomely mounted, well-acted work that strums reliably on the emotions, but feels inescapably like a museum piece."
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The Times (UK)
January 11th, 2023

"McDougall frames the play with flickering cinematic visual effects...For all that, it’s still, in essence, a dowdy drawing room exercise, mounted on Basia Binkowska’s decorous set."
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The Arts Desk
January 11th, 2023

"A play that, for all its structural flaws, refuses to talk down to its audience, makes some salient points without sugaring its message."
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The Guardian (UK)
January 11th, 2023

"Lillian Hellman’s 1941 play looks like the silver screen come to life...While its plot has the feel of a twisty crime thriller...we are so engaged by what it asks of us and its tension that the melodrama does not jar."
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