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Alfie - New Theatre Royal

^{Made famous by movies starring Michael Caine and more recently Jude Law, Alfie is the brilliant, original stage play about a young man with an overwhelming desire for the ladies. Great comedy and genuine pathos, as well as live 60s music, it told the story of a cockney 'Don Juan' who swaggers and philosophises his way from conquest to conquest, carefully rejecting anyone or anything that might touch him too deeply.}

^{I was captivated by the character of Alfie, played with assurance by Edward Elks. With minimal staging and a cast of only five - who played multiple parts and also the on-stage live band - the performance laid bare the man behind the cad, haunted by the failings of his parent-child relationships.}

^{As a theatrical interpretation of hedonistic post-war freedom, the play is as interesting today in a world where Alfie's lack of social responsibility would be seen in a much more forgiving light.}

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