Theatre review: The Chalk Garden / Donmar Warehouse, London
Donmar Warehouse, LondonI have never much warmed to Enid Bagnold's play: what others call its high comic style sounds to me arch, precious and exhibitionist. But, if this 1956 Haymarket hit is to be revived, I cannot imagine a snappier or more sensitively acted version than that by Michael Grandage.Bagnold's plot revolves around a mysterious stranger, Miss Madrigal, employed by a high-born military widow, Mrs St Maug…