Stiff upper lips must still be around, if a little more flaccid than they were in the Thirties, the period in which this play is set.

Noel Coward's characters, a respectable GP and a suburban housewife, whose highlight of the week is a train trip into town to change her library book, are two of his most human creations.

The story is as humdrum as their lives - a liaison that flickers into life in a station buffet, runs its guilty course, then is self-consciously snuffed out in the same agonisingly public location.

Former Brookside actress Karen Drury and Richard Walsh modulate the leads, whose stilted progress in their affair is almost painful, while Michael Lunney, as the husband, assumes an equally grey mantle.

The play's refreshing contrast is in its comic characters, including Lynette McMorrough.

The production has a detailed charm, while Ali Gorton's set, packed with smoky railway diversions, is a winner.

Review by Mike Bacon, mike.bacon@theargus.co.uk