Inadmissible Evidence | Critical Overview
Inadmissible Evidence was a commercial and critical success in London, especially with Nicol Williamson in the lead, but it did not fair as well with U.S. audiences. Many critics conclude that the play is appreciated more by British audiences because of its essentially British character. Harold Clurman, in his review of the play, explains: “The English see in Maitland a ‘hero’ of their day, the present archetype of the educated middle-class Britisher,” who has withdrawn from the world due to a sense of personal despair. He notes that several English critics found the play...
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