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The Man of Mode

by George Etherege

'Super-glossy, wickedly funny... brings George Etherege's Restoration comedy smack-bang up to date. Inspired.'
Mail on Sunday

George Etherege's glittering masterwork of Restoration Comedy is set in a London obsessed with having it all, and takes a steely look at young people driven by the need to have the latest clothes, the latest gossip and each other's bodies.

Constancy at my age! It is not a virtue in season: you might as well expect the autumn fruit to ripen in the spring.

Dorimant, who can generally charm any woman in town back to his apartment, can't persuade Belinda into his bed until he's promised to dump Loveit, his current mistress. Mission accomplished, he turns his sights on Harriet, who is rich enough to solve his financial problems but smart enough not to play his game.

'Cracking new production... a story of fortune hunting, rampant promiscuity, betrayal and vicious gossip. The old comedy sparkles, and shocks, anew.'
Daily Telegraph

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Thursday 8 March 7.30pm

The Man of Mode finished on: 19 April 2007

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