Despite its unsatisfactory episodic structure, this imported Broadway revival of Alfred Uhry’s 1987 hit, set in Atlanta, proves well worth seeing thanks to Vanessa Redgrave’s superb performance.
Over the decades, and against the background of the Civil Rights Movement, a touching friendship grows between her feisty, steely-willed Jewish septuagenarian and James Earl Jones’ Hoke, the dignified black chauffeur whose services she’s reluctantly persuaded to accept when she prangs her car once too often.
Director David Esbjornson can’t disguise the fact that it’s never been much of a play, but as a showcase for these veteran actors’ talents, this vehicle definitely has wheels.
Wyndhams, Charing Cross Road WC2H 0DA Tube: Leicester Square daisywestend.com Until 17th December (£10-£58.50)
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