A more important result of this "cheek" was that it alerted Conservative headquarters to the nuisance value of ramping up their campaign in Morley and Outwood, by making Gordon Brown's most trusted adviser work to hold his seat.
Anticipating this, Cheek made a textbook play — at Trick 2 he led a spade from the dummy to cut the defenders' communication in the suit before West was in a position to get the club ruff.
Given that Jarry's play started as a schoolboy prank aimed at a detested teacher, Declan Donnellan has had a brilliant idea in this Cheek By Jowl production : he plays it as the Oedipal fantasy of a camcorder-clutching teenager taking revenge on his parents and their French bourgeois world.
So if, like me, you have often felt that watching Racine is like being harangued by a group of people stuck in a room, who need to get a grip rather than give another speech, then this Cheek by Jowl production could change your mind.
Given that Jarry's play started as a schoolboy prank aimed at a detested teacher, Declan Donnellan has had a brilliant idea in this Cheek By Jowl production : he plays it as the Oedipal fantasy of a camcorder-clutching teenager taking revenge on his parents and their French bourgeois world.
This can get even more intimate… Try asking: "If you were Casanova, would you kiss someone on this cheek, or on this cheek…" You get the drift!
