Playhouse Creatures: 'dream-like' play is 'lively, funny and sharp-witted'

Anna Chancellor offers a 'glinting performance' alongside a 'strong' supporting cast

Anna Chancellor in Playhouse Creatures
Anna Chancellor shines in this 'enlightening ensemble work'
(Image credit: Ellie Kurttz)

"April De Angelis goes time travelling again," said Clive Davis in The Times.

Last year, her portrait of Sarah Siddons, a star of the late 18th century London stage, premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in London. Now, a "vivacious" revival of 1993's "Playhouse Creatures" – her drama about the pioneering women who were the first to be allowed to tread the boards when the theatres reopened during the Restoration – has opened at the Orange Tree in Richmond.

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