The Daughter of Time – Charing Cross Theatre - North West End UK

The Daughter of Time – Charing Cross Theatre - North West End UK

It must be the ultimate cold case: the investigation of the reputation of Richard the Third and his involvement in the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower. This is the task which Inspector Alan Grant sets himself when he is laid up in bed convalescing from an injury in M Kilburg Reedy’s new play, based on the renowned book by Josephine Tey. The setting is Grant’s rather spacious hospital room, where nurses are encouraging their reluctant p…

THE DAUGHTER OF TIME review by thespyinthestalls at Charing

THE DAUGHTER OF TIME Charing Cross Theatre ★★★ “The whole thing ambles along like a Wolseley 6/90 – reliable, well-upholstered and stately in its way” To the surprise of a modern audience, the NHS in 1950 apparently afforded a patient a spacious room, a brace of sassy nurses, use of the good stationery and endless weeks of convalescence – all for a broken leg. Admittedly, the broken leg is attached to a bona fide hero – Scotland Yard detective …