The Guardian’s Susannah Clapp Raves for LITTLE WARS…
“…There are exceptional performances. Juliet Stevenson, a hatchet-faced but not altogether flint-hearted Hellman, proves how good she is at conveying the qualities of which she is least often suspected: insincerity and nastiness. Meanwhile, Linda Bassett pulls off something remarkable. With a few bold strokes – some owl-like glances over her specs, a dirty chuckle, implacable cheeks – she makes Stein seem, well, not exactly natural, but authentic. A pose is a pose is a pose? Not here.
These women – threatened by various plagues of prejudice – speak longingly of a time after the Nazis, when normality may have changed and daily life might be more generous and expansive. The hope of 60 years ago echoes ours.”
