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The Beauty Queen of Leenane " review by Lyn Gardner

Curve theatre, LeicesterMelodrama gives way to moments of poignancy in Paul Kerryson's revival of Martin McDonagh's black comedyIt may be as creaky as the rocking chair the witchy Mags sits in while she commands her daughter, Maureen, to do her bidding, but Martin McDonagh's potboiler " set in a remote Irish cottage where mother and daughter are locked in mortal combat " can still be brought to a simmer. That's what …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM on October 23, 2013

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