LONDON — Few acting legends in their 80s would make a stage comeback with a one-person play lasting 100 minutes without a break. But it’s fair to say that history is being made just now at the Bridge Theater here. Maggie Smith, the 84-year-old star seen lately as the Dowager Countess on “Downton Abbey,” is revisiting the medium in which she began. Tickets are tight, made more so by the (understandable) absence of matinees, given the demands on its lone performer. You can imagine Ms. Smith at this stage in her career choosing to be part of a Wilde or Coward comedy, in which she wouldn’t have to carry the play.

Source: New York Times April 18, 2019 07:18 UTC