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Julian Fellowes turns Half a Sixpence rewrite Kipps into winning fun by Michael Billington

In a surprisingly class-conscious stage adaptation of the HG Wells-inspired musical from the Downton Abbey creator on Sky, Charlie Stemp radiates kindly innocence What's in a name? Quite a lot in the case of the musical Kipps, which aired on Sky Arts on Wednesday night. The title comes from the 1905 HG Wells novel, but the show itself is a radical rewrite of an earlier musical version of the story, Half a Sixpence, w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM on December 30, 2021

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