THE NEW YORKER
A PICTURE OF AUTUMN
June 10, 2013
N.C. Hunter’s beautiful, shamefully neglected comedy was performed only once in London in 1951, and receives its American premiere here. It’s about an aging, once prosperous family living in an aging, once grand manor, and the echoes of Chekhov are unmistakable, if subdued and Anglicized. It’s a big, generous play, exquisitely written, both funny and touching. The director, Gus Kaikkonen, sets a wonderful pace and tone for his excellent nine-actor company, led by George Morfogen, Jill Tanner, Jonathan Hogan, and Barbara Eda-Young, who display superb comic timing and emotional depth as the four ancients in the old house that afflicts and nurtures them all.