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Kenny Morgan

Arcola Theatre, London (****)

© Idil Sukan, Paul Keating (Kenny), Pierro Niel-Mee (Alec)

© Idil Sukan, Paul Keating (Kenny), Pierro Niel-Mee (Alec)

Who knows what kind of plays Terence Rattigan and Noel Coward might have written had homosexuality not been a criminal offence during their lifetime. As it is, Rattigan and Coward still wrote some of the most subtle, complex and humane dramas of the post-war years in mufti. It was all in the sub-texts. Continue reading