A playwright so bad he accidentally invented camp before it existed.
Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he has written a great play.
Acting
Nigel Hawthorne's withering side-eye deserves its own award.
Writing
Sheridan's 1779 satire still skewers every wannabe playwright you know.
Director
Don Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This adapts Sheridan's 'The Critic,' written to mock his theatrical rival Richard Cumberland—who apparently never got the joke.
Hywel Bennett plays dual roles here, a casting choice that mirrors the play's obsession with theatrical artifice and identity.
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