

Ecstasy
Mike Leigh


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Readers feel the play fell short of expectations. While some deem it not the worst they've encountered, the overall reception is quite negative.
"A perfectly tart comedy....One of the brightest and most stimulating shows to be seen in Manhattan in many a month. This shrewd, sure footed work sets you up for a merry knockabout farce and then deliberately never delivers and yet is somehow more entertaining than if it did. The play's comic and satiric genius generates a delirious energy that is rare and satisfying."
— The New York Times
"The fun lies in the inevitability that we shall see the bodies come tumbling out of the closet and the skeletons out of the cupboard."
— London Guardian
"Leigh has a wonderful gift for conversation so rock bottom boring that it is hilarious."
— London Observer
Smelling A Rat is a British comedy play written by Mike Leigh and published by Nick Hern Books in London (1997).
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Nick Hern Books · 1997 · 80 pp
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