Did London Critics Purr Over Holly Hunter in By The Bog of Cats?
Holly Hunter has come to the West End in Marina Carr’s By The Bog of Cats, which she previously appeared in at the San José Repertory Theatre in the fall of 2001. The story is loosely based on Medea, but resets the tale in the mysterious bogs of Ireland. Did critics think this story of love and revenge, which opened at the Wyndhams Theatre on December 1, was a tragedy or triumph? Here is a sampling of what they had to say: Benedict Nightingale of The London Times: “Hester Swane–note the avian name–provides a good opportunity for Holly Hunter to demonstrate that she belongs on the stage as well as on the screen. But it’s one the Hollywood star takes somewhat fitfully. It’s not her fault she’s slight of build, thin of voice and not wholly at home with the accent. And there are times when her pinched, pale face toughens and she finds a scrawny intensity in herself… She hasn’t the balefulness to generate the necessary tension or the ferocity to make a bloody ending plausible. Maybe she i
