No Villain (Trafalgur Studios)

I am pleased that this play which ran at the Old Red Lion Theatre, by Angel, Islington, a good production I saw in December and which ran until January, has been given a run at Trafalgar Studios. Discovered relatively recently in Arthur Miller's papers and this 'first play' staged to tie in with his centenary, it is both autobiographical and is fascinating for the way in which several later Miller storylines in his best known plays echo and appear in embryonic form here. Make allowance for it having been the work of a young man and enjoy the 'real find' this is. Also there's no need for 'spoilers'; just go and see the play and enjoy the experience of the unfolding drama.

Didn't see it at the Old Red Lion but I caught the transfer, which is pretty dreadful. Most of the cast can't get to grips with the sounds of the characters, let alone anything deeper, and the play would have been better left untouched - sad to say, there's often a reason why esoterica remains precisely that.