Upstairs, Downstairs: The Swedish Tiger (1972)
Season 1, Episode 11
5/10
Stagey and theatrical- not the best.
1 May 2023
This wooden performance is an oddity in the series. A very wooden script and directing by numbers- so mechanical. Acting dismal, desperately needs the other characters as these are the weakest. 'Sarah,' an understudy from pygmlian, is about as convincing as Dick van Dyke's chimney sweep but without the compensatory skills. Whole thing desperately wants to be Wilde- but fails. The valuables the characters want to steal look like charity shop repro and sets/ lighting require vibrant cast to work, which they haven't got. Repartee about pigs and spat-out cigar-butts don't make convincing Swedes, though the acting resembles the near relation.
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