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Sweet Bird of Youth " review by Michael Billington

Old Vic, LondonEverything that art can do to boost this revival of Tennessee Williams's 1959 play has been done. Marianne Elliott's production is first-rate. The cast, led by Kim Cattrall, is as good as any you'll find in a national company. Yet nothing can persuade me that the play is anything more than overheated melodrama all too rarely alleviated by Williams's instinct for comedy.The plot defies belief. It concer…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PM on September 14, 2015

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