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Warm and very funny, this play is a delight. Don’t just take my word for it; Ian Hislop, co-writer with Nick Newman, was heard to say that the actors were doing a great job and were certainly making him laugh. What better recommendation could there be?

The play’s premise is rich with possibilities, and every one is realised with wit and good humour. The well-known American film star Jefferson Steel – a terrific turn by Mitchell Mullen – agrees, to bulb-popping publicity, to play King Lear in Stratford: only to find that it’s Stratford in Suffolk, not Upon Avon, and with a bunch of amateurs instead of the RSC.

The language is fruity, but nothing fans of Four Weddings won’t enjoy, and the havoc wreaked by the fading A-lister on his very British fellow thesps is a joy to watch.

The cast is mostly scintillating, with a lovely frisson between director Dorothy (Jackie Morrison) and Jefferson. Nigel (Michael Hadley, with a great range of colourful trousers), Mary (Sarah Moyle, ditto frocks, but sometimes a bit slow on picking up cues) and Denis (Damian Myerscough) are perfect as the amateur troupe of players, with Denis running a wonderful gag about how best to remove an eyeball.

As ever, the set deserves applause, with a barn, dining room and bedroom shoehorned onto the tiny stage, though not necessarily at the same time.

This is a wonderfully silly play, with sparkling performances – perfect summer fare. PAT HARPER