Mike Bartlett's entertaining play imagines life for the royals after the death of the Queen. Charles is a king whose principles from his earlier life as the Prince of Wales are more troublesome in his new role. Charles is brilliantly played by Robert Powell ( I cannot see that Tim Pigott-Smith could have been better in the London production). The script is witty, sharp and Shakespearian in it's blank verse. The two hours plus goes so fast.
Rupert Goold has got the most from his cast, I particularly liked Jennifer Bryden as Kate and a hilarious Richard Glaves as Harry. He has his own story within this production, it could have made an equally good play on it's own.
The only downside was that the plot was fairly predictable, as was the ending. But this did not detract from a very enjoyable evening.
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