Ewan McGregor plays Henry, a playwright not so happily married to Charlotte (Cynthia Nixon), the lead actress in his play about a marriage on the verge of collapse. When Henry’s affair with their friend Annie (Maggie Gyllenhaal) threatens to destroy his own marriage, he discovers that life has started imitating art. After Annie leaves her husband so she and Henry can begin a new life together, he can’t help but wonder whether their love is fiction or the real thing.
This play was directed by Sam Gold. He's one of my favorite directors. Alas, this was not one of my favorite plays. Even tho' the humor was very British. Even tho' Ewan McGregor can do no wrong. This is supposed to be one of Stoppard's more heart-felt plays but the emotional content just wasn't there. The heart was missing from this play. Henry and Maggie talked around and around about their love for each other to the point where I just wanted them to shut up. It felt as if they were playing at love and perhaps that is the point. No, no, that wasn't the point. The material felt as dated as the 60's music they played in-between scenes.
Once the curtain came down, I couldn't get out of the theater fast enough.
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