What to see on London stages

LONDON If you can get out of your armchair and put those traveldreams in a suitcase, there are two plays here you would be a dolt toignore.

They are Alan Ayckbourn's just-opened "Henceforward. . ." atthe Vaudeville Theatre and David Hare's "The Secret Rapture" on theNational Theatre's Lyttelton stage.

Although opposite in style and substance, they are both, in aspooky way, about the same thing - human feelings. Ayckbournexamines what happens when you care too little. Hare explores thedilemma of caring too much.

As a pair of impeccably staged, indelibly cast productions, theyare of uncommon skill and impact.

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