THE EVIL DOERS

REVIEWS

"No plot description can explain the beauty, warmth and poetic energy
of Chris Hannan's The Evil Doers. In its generosity of attention, its
expansiveness and richness, in the scale of its emotional intensities,
it is as broad as a city itself. It is a modern masterpiece." Encore
Theatre Magazine

"A gorgeously enjoyable play. As in the comedies of Ben Jonson and
Middleton, the hunt for money gives the play its structure. Like Jonson
and Middleton also, Hannan owns a penetrating eye for tricks of
character and an equally sharp ear." Paul Taylor, The Independent

"Strapped into a rigid pattern of events, these characters have
extraordinary free-ranging vitality. In the performances of Alison Peebles
(the alcoholic mother), and Douglas Henshall (Tex the loanshark) you can
see what these people were before the city made them as they are; and
it's difficult to believe that the torrent of Glaswegian street poetry
poured out by Katy Murphy (Susan the friend of Tracky) can ever have
been memorised from a text. Simon Usher directs a magnificent cast."
Irving Wardle, The Independent on Sunday