The dialogue crackles wittily and obscenely, and the set-pieces are superbly staged, whether in dockland shoot-outs or in an ironic confrontation in a porn cinema.
The armband is useful for many different staged performances, whether it's a Broadway musical or a professional presentation.
The advantages of this school of book-staging – whether of die-hard classics or vital contemporary work – are numerous.
It is impossible to know for certain, at this stage, whether their wish will be fulfilled.
It is unclear at this stage whether D'Agostino will be fit to compete.
MPs are usually informed at the third reading stage whether consent has been granted.
It is unclear at this stage whether the three suspects were involved in the purported plot.
It remains unknown at this stage whether the new series will follow a similar format.
But police were "not ruling out any motivations at this early stage, whether they be criminal or political".
"Who knows at this stage whether this is a truly big discovery and how much oil is really recoverable.
As with so many aspects of this story it is difficult to know at this stage whether this is genuine or a parody.
