A look at British theatre in the middle part of the 20th century. The postmodern era is underway, and characters are beginning to experience the audience in a new way. The first play is autobiographical, and involves a young boy and an adult man who represent the author; his parents never seem to change even as he does. The other two plays are a strange mixture of philosophical ideas, with human psychology at the center of all three works. The author weaves a story that seems rather ordinary, going in a particular direction, and then he veers sharply around a corner and takes you somewhere you weren't expecting to go, but he doesn't do it with a deux ex machina. It is totally within the bounds of the world he has created. Mostly satisfying; perhaps a bit dated. ( )