Entertaining Strangers by David Edgar

Dench and Tim Pigott-Smith dominate a large and hardworking National Theatre cast, all of whose members, under Hall’s superbly visual direction, brilliantly rise to create a major event in the theatre. Clive Hirschorn/Sunday Express

Henry Moule himself, played with complete conviction by Tim Pigott-Smith manages to be both ridiculous and serious – a considerable and subtle achievement by the actor. Chalrles Edwards/Spectator