Plenty

Plenty boasts a cast of actors ranging from John Gielgud as an ethical and caustic senior diplomat to Meryl Streep as Susan Traherne, a woman looking for solace and a decent life in the aftermath of World War II. After World War II has ended, along with her work in the French Resistance movement and ...more

The plays of David Hare tend to polarize their audiences, although he is more generally acclaimed at home in England than in other parts of the world -- probably because his work often comments, at times obliquely, on situations and events that have special resonance with English audiences. Plenty, the film version of an early Hare hit, has been blessed with a rock solid cast, but many will still find it rough going. Essentially an extended character study (of both the character Susan Traherne ...more