London Assurance: Northern Stage (Oxford Playhouse)

I didn't know anything about this play before going to see it. In fact, I'd never encountered Boucicault on stage before. It was quite funny (although Restoration comedy has sharper social satire) but I found the dreadfully strident female lead incredibly offputting. I just wanted her to lower her voice. It was far too reminiscent of some of the staff and students at Oxford. It was also quite disconcerting to be the youngest person in the theatre as far as I could tell. At least it made a change from Shakespeare, although the tendency to be irritated with all these vacuous upper class characters meant that I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought that I would.