The Bear Review by Lyndsey Goddard
- This translation, by Bernard Lawrence, set the play in Glasgow, and used Scottish dialect, which gave the actors a chance to hone their accents.
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- Helen Halpin was masterful as Flora McNeill, the widow whose dead husband owed money to the Bear of the title. Her insistence that she wanted to "put a bullet through your thick head" endeared her to many, while her wit and confidence made her a force to be reckoned with.
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- Colin Ransom played Andrew Baird (the Bear) with confidence, braving the heat in a heavy wool overcoat and three piece suit. He played the part with the appropriate measure of arrogance, and his response to being slapped round the face by his co-star was nothing if not authentic.
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- Geoff Durrant, as Leckie, provided a gem of a performance: wearing a genuine kilt and an Arran cardigan, he walked with a stoop and carried a worried expression through the whole performance.
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- The play, directed by Rick Rolph, provided a welcome change to the seriousness of No Way Out, and left our audience with a smile on their faces as they left the hall.
- Quote of the Play: >
- Flora: "They're all away to Rothesay."
