Sparkling performances buoy revival of British comedy 'On Approval'

They're having a dashed good time over at Washington Stage Guild, dredging up a positively ancient drawing room comedy, "On Approval," and giving it a jolly trot round the old park. Director Steven Carpenter and his four-member cast do considerable justice to British dramatist Frederick Lonsdale's 1920s bauble. Such an oversized performance would fly better in a larger space and with, tight budget notwithstanding, a better-dressed set. Seeing the show in such an intimate space -- Stage Guild's v...