In spite of its excellent prospects in terms of cast, director, and translator, this production was not a success. To say the reviews were not kind would be an understatement. Andrew Smith of The Journal (Newcastle uT) said "The cast make a good job of the thinly veiled plot and Colin Firth is convincing at showing Chatsky as a man at the end of his tether. But Burgess shuld perhaps have looked a little further through the vast archives of Eastern European literature before experimenting on a British audience." When I saw it in London in April of 1993, I was underwhelmed (bored). I remember CF only as that character who ranted and carried on a lot. I did notice Minnie Driver however (for her unusual looks), and was jazzed to see her turn up in Circle of Friends a few years later.