Coming across the pond from the Donmar Warehouse was director Alan Rickman’s production of August Strindberg’s CREDITORS in a very short run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. There were no understudies for this economical three person show and so when actress Anna Chancellor took ill and couldn’t go on, two performances of this limited run were canceled. I was due to attend just such a performance, but my party was able to transfer into one of the final performances the following weekend. This version was adapted by David Greig in a swift ninety minute intermissionless presentation on a stark white set by Ben Stones. The interior of a seaside studio was the barren, open, exposed playing area for a jealous ex husband to poison his former wife’s new husband’s mind against the wife and destroy their marriage. This sounds like a soap opera plot, and in a way it is the 19th Century equivalent, but it has been done with humor where ever possible and three ferocious performances by Tom Burke, Owen Teale and Chancellor, which made the production to be the great thing it is––far greater than the play itself. There is talk of a Broadway production with movie stars for next season. This play is ideal for such a concept. Many very good people would succeed in it, for they all get a lot of stage time and will satisfy their fans as well as appearing in an intelligent and entertaining play of quality by a master. This is a good idea.