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The Roaring Girl review 'Spirited start to the RSC's heroines season' by Michael Billington

The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonUpdating this Jacobean play to the 1890s diminishes some of its impact, but it's a rousing productionThe RSC has had the bright idea of giving the new Swan season thematic unity by choosing four plays with strong female protagonists. And the programme gets off to a spirited start with a rare revival of this 1611 play by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton. But, much as I admire the di…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AM on April 16, 2014

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