Programme – Long Day’s Journey Into Night

This is from 1986. There have only been a few occasions when I have been thrilled just to see an actor walk onto the stage. I had been watching Jack Lemmon on film all my life and there he was in front of me. ( I had the same reaction to John Malkovich and Jerry Lewis.) Kevin Spacey was almost unknown to British audiences at that time. This was a brilliant production of a chilling play. As was usual in the West End at that time, the programme contains a lot more advertising than information about the show. The theatre quiz towards the back is interesting, especially question 2. It does seem slightly bizarre that a show with very few laughs indeed should be produced by the Theatre of Comedy company.