Cloud Nine | Critical Overview
When Cloud Nine was first produced in England in 1979, it was a commercial success, establishing Churchill as a leading British playwright. However, critics were divided as to the merits of the play. Robert Cushman in the Observer (quoted in Plays in Review) described the second act as ‘‘almost the best thing to arrive in the London theatre this young and dismal year.’’ And John Barber’s verdict in the Daily Telegraph (quoted by Erica Beth Weintraub in Dictionary of Literary Biography) was also positive; Barber described it as ‘‘cheerfully...
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