Anna Friel on stage is less the wide-eyed innocent than Audrey Hepburn on screen in Samuel Adamson’s new version which partially acknowledges the louche, more dangerous New York social scene depicted in Truman Capote’s 1958 novella.
But an airy set and clunky staging do little to conjure the risqué lifestyle of Holly Golightly, reinvented goodtime girl from Texas who survives by fleecing older men.
Friel is cute, sometimes vulnerable and casually naked as the witty man-magnet, Joseph Cross is unremarkable as the aspiring young writer who falls under her spell and, with a few exceptions, the other characters are strictly one-dimensional.
But if you haven’t read the original, Sean Mathias’s production provides a serviceable if uninspired account of the plot – and a supporting role for an exceptionally laidback ginger tabby.
Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, SW1Y 4HT (0845 481 1870) to 9th January (£15-£49.50)
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