Absolute Hell, National Theatre review - high gloss show saves over-rated classic
Energetic revival of Rodney Ackland's best play exposes many of its faults Rodney Ackland must be the most well-known forgotten man in postwar British theatre. His legend goes like this: Absolute Hell was originally titled The Pink Room, and first staged in 1952 at the Lyric Hammersmith, where it got a critical mauling. The Sunday Times's Harold Hobson said that the audience "had the impression of being present, if n…