In the Vale of Health review Simon Gray's marathon of indecision
Hampstead theatre, LondonThese riffs on the story of Japes come across as a writing exercise but the cast give an acting masterclassThis quartet by Simon Gray adds three variations to his 2001 play Japes , an account of two rival brothers with literary ambitions. Japes and his more successful older brother, Michael, co-own the family home in Hampstead and seem to feel that they both have property rights over Anita, w…