Our man in havana greene5/26/2023 ![]() Until, that is, the Government sends him a secretary, Beatrice (Isla Carter), from whom he has to hide his innocently devious actions. He also uses his vacuum cleaner parts to convincingly replicate "weapons of mass destruction". Fortunately this reluctant spy has a good imagination as, in order to receive his payments, he decides he will invent a range of fictitious "agents" and for each one, he is rewarded handsomely. It could equally have been entitled The Reluctant Spy as poor Wormold (Charles Davies) is really just a struggling vacuum cleaner salesman who is suddenly caught up in the world of espionage by the British Government who enlists his aid. is one of many countries which Graham Greene visited, so it is not a huge leap of faith that his play Our Man In Havana, adapted and updated here by Clive Francis, contains more than a grain of truth, particularly as he had met Fidel Castro on a number of occasions (as well as Kim Philby) and was himself in MI6. ![]() ![]() Some priceless comic moments, hope the actors actually had as much fun as it looked like they were having! Many thanks all round, we loved it. ![]() Wonderful evening's entertainment, great adaptation and great performances from strong cast, on simple but very evocative set. ![]()
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