London Fringe 2005: The Red Brassiere

As Neil Simon famously wrote for his character Lionel Twain, You’ve tricked and fooled your readers for years. You’ve tortured us all with surprise endings that made no sense. You’ve introduced characters in the last five pages that were never in the book before. You’ve withheld clues and information that made it impossible for us to guess who did it. Twain would be similarly outraged at The Red Brassiere, which ticks off cliche after cliche from the mystery checklist before copping out (har-de-har) on the ending. OK, I did snicker at the last conversation and its tag, but it took a long 77 minutes to get to it.