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...starts by passing around for mutual approbation photos of his dead fiancee. As a catalytic agent full of "power of positive thinking" jargon, he soon reduces everyone either to tears or hysterics. Unwittingly, he unmasks torpedoed marriages, a joyless adulteress (Cheryl Kennedy), blasted careers, lacecurtain carnage. When Colin, played with demonic dexterity by Richard Briers, finally leaves, one of the survivors utters a suburban epitaph: "Nice to sit with your friends now and again. Nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Curtains Up in London | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

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