The Thunderbolt - 4 out of 5 stars Red Phoenix Theatre Inc. TICKETS:  https://www.trybooking.com/au/event/1419911 England, 1908: the eldest member of the social climbing Mortimer family dies and leaves no will. Things become muddier when a daughter arrives thus sending the legal minds into a spin and at least one member of the family to commit a major crime… This is the story behind Arthur Wing Pinero’s The Thunderbolt. It is a slight comedy drawn out to overblown proportions and, in Red Phoenix’s capable hands, becomes a case of the sum of its parts being greater than the sum of its parts. Pinero’s script is a great potshot at Britain’s society fighting against the emergence of the independent woman at the start of the 20 th century. While undoubtedly the writing style and length was, most likely, highly appropriate for the time, this now – even after judicious cutting – feels like a play with too much filler. Too many scenes draw out with repetition and largely unnecessary ex...