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Total Rating: 
**1/2
Opened: 
March 6, 2003
Ended: 
May 2003
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Lincoln Center Theater, etc.
Theater Type: 
Broadway
Theater: 
Golden Theater
Running Time: 
2 hrs, 30 min
Genre: 
Drama
Author: 
Nicholas Wright
Director: 
Richard Eyre
Review: 

 Mired between soap-opera twaddle and pretentious historical drama, Vincent in Brixton speculates - to little profit and much tedium - about the life of youngish Vincent van Gogh for the brief time he lived in England. In his bumbling, hypersensitive way, he livens up a grieving widow (think Rose Tattoo without the laughs), until his nosy sister moves in and ruins things. Jochum ten Haaf is convincingly confused as young Vinny, while Clare Higgins has strong moments as the landlady who rediscovers her physical self. But it's all in the service of a footnote to a footnote to history. Vincent, this world was never meant for one as dutiful as you.

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Cast: 
Sarah Drew, Jochum ten Haaf, Clare Higgins, Liesel Matthews, Pete Starrett
Technical: 
Set/Costumes: Tim Hatley; Lighting: Peter Mumford; Orig Music: Dominic Muldowney; Sound: Neil Alexander; Projections: Wendall K. Harrington; SM: Michael Brunner; Casting: Daniel Swee; Prod Mgr: Jeff Hamlin.
Critic: 
David Lefkowitz
Date Reviewed: 
March 2003