"Dinah, the troubled, disconnected housewife Bernstein almost certainly
modelled on his own mother, was impressively done by Lori Isley Lynn; an
American whose voice and career-credits resist categorisation but amount to
something striking that I'd be pleased to hear in grander circumstances." -
Michael White, Independent on Sunday, 10th November 1996
"The cast successfully conveys [Hand of Bridge’s] bittersweet flavour,
especially Lori Isley Lynn (Geraldine)...Lori Isley Lynn is a suitably
combative Dinah." - David Blewitt, The Stage, 20th November 1996
"Lori Isley Lynn comes across as the star of the evening. She plays a
suburban wife, Dinah, in the main piece and a bridge-playing Geraldine in
the latter. Geraldine is given to pleading: 'Who is there for me to love?'
Looking like Juliet Stevenson in 'A Politician's Wife' (in both roles), she
has a mastery over facial expressions and the vocal range of Lesley
Garrett." - TimeOut, 23rd October 1996
"An elegantly coiffed Lori Isley Lynn is vocally firm but a little
unyielding in a part which demands our sympathy. She's at her best when she
relaxes her voice to sing sadly of 'a quiet place', a line which recurs
throughout the work...Dinah's hilarious showstopper 'What a Movie' is sung
with gusto." - Independent, 20th October 1996
"[Hand of Bridge is] a witty and wise few minutes expertly sung by Lori
Isley Lynn...Lori Isley Lynn also plays Dinah in the Bernstein and manages
to make the role a movingly sad indictment of US married life." - What's On,
30th October 1996
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