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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Yours Unfaithfully review – three’s a crowd in 1930s polyamory play

Yours Unfaithfully at Jermyn Street theatre.
Move over, gen Z … Dominic Marsh, Laura Doddington and Keisha Atwell in Yours Unfaithfully at Jermyn Street theatre. Photograph: Steve Gregson

Miles Malleson’s 1933 drama is a reminder that polyamory existed long before it became a trendy term for today’s throuples. The play’s central interwar couple, happily married for eight years, are taking a shot at it.

We meet them just as Stephen (Guy Lewis) is losing his lust for life. Anne (Laura Doddington) urges him to sow his oats further afield, which he does rather quickly with the recently widowed, albeit suddenly available, Diana (Keisha Atwell), who just happens to be visiting.

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