The Quiz - TNT

Probably best known for his portrayal of Filch in the Henry Potter films, David Bradley has, for decades, been a highly respected classical actor. In Richard Crane's new monologue, he plays a boozy, washed-up Actor (his mother an actress, his father a bishop) whose final wish is to die in the limelight with his tights on. And this might be his final performance.
His loyal stage manager Angelica (with whom he once, and only once, found himself sharing a bed) has finally slammed the door on their working relationship, and his wife and kids are a distant memory. For almost two decades, he's been touring a one man show - "The Grand Inquisitor" culled from Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov - and Crane interweaves excerpts which resonate with the Actor's own observations.
Cadaverous in his monk's robes, he looks back ruefully and with bleak humour on a life that has gone nowhere and, although the script is as slippery as the whisky-sodden thesp's grasp of his lines, Bradley's performance is masterly.
Trafalgar Studios (2), Whitehall, SW1. (0870-060 6632). Until June 28. Tickets £22.50 (£15.00 Monday).