Home (Broadway Theatre Archive)
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Actor: Dandy Nichols, John Gielgud, Mona Washbourne, Ralph Richardson, Warren ClarkeDirector: Lindsay Anderson
Brand: Kultur
Producer: Jac Venza
Writer: David Storey
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-07-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
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DVD Review: Sad, Brave And Superbly Acted By Richardson And Gielgud
Summary: 4 Stars
"Clouds," says Harry. "Watch their different shapes. See how they drift apart? First sight, nothing. Then just watch the edges. See?" "Amazing," says Jack.
This play by David Storey, preserved on tape and DVD by Broadway Theatre Archive, is one of those things where meaning slips in almost unnoticed between the words. Literal viewers will probably find themselves adrift amidst pauses, fragments of dialogue and inconsequential small talk that appears to go nowhere. Stay with it and you'll enter a world where reality shifts bit by bit, where the tail end of life can seem as hopeless as it seems, in a poignant way, funny and sad, where parallels to Britain's national condition come into focus. More than anything else, you'll find yourself witnessing two star acting turns by Ralph Richardson, then 70, and John Gielgud, then 68.
We meet Harry (Gielgud) and Jack (Richardson) on the grounds of what seems to be a home for the elderly. They are two aging men, carefully dressed, discrete and polite, considerate and...a bit off. Gradually we realize the home for the elderly must be a home for those with mental problems, where treacle pud and making baskets in "remedial" are topics of conversation. They and we encounter Kathleen (Mona Washbourne) and her friend Marjorie (Dandy Nichols), two women from an entirely different class, who have their own stories which are as shifting as Jack's and Harry's. Jack and Harry talk to each other. Kathleen and Marjorie talk to each other. The four talk amongst themselves. Eventually Harry and Jack walk off together. Then Kathleen and Marjorie leave. We realize the next day will be much the same as this day...and this day turned out to be a bit sadder and braver than we expected. However, as Jack points out, "The older one grows, the more one takes into account other people's foibles. If a person can't be what they are, what's the point of being anything at all?"
Gielgud and Richardson, two of the three great acting knights of Britain, made their reputations in the classic roles. As they aged, the British theater changed as playwrights such as John Osborne and Storey found an audience that appreciated the view of an England propped up by tradition and decaying from within. Just as Olivier was able to recast himself by starring in Osborne's The Entertainer, Gielgud and Richardson broke through contemporary barriers by appearing in Home. They do magnificent jobs of it.
This is a recording of the stage play. The action takes place around a table and chairs in the courtyard of the institution. It might seem limiting, except that Storey's words and the acting carry us along. The DVD picture has the quality of a VHS tape; not great but not bad.
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