★★☆☆☆This play by Bonnie Greer, the loquacious American writer who has lived in Britain for decades and whom I always think has taken up residence on Question Time, is a take-off of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. It opens with the white servant (a nice touch in this otherwise all-black production) holding a bunch of cherry blossoms. And this, in a nutshell, brings us to a crossroads. What is Greer trying to say in this play? She has said it was “inspired” by Chekhov and indeed it…

Source: The Times October 26, 2016 10:52 UTC