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Dinner With Saddam review " farce and fart jokes with a sombre political point by Michael Billington

Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonSteven Berkoff plays the Iraqi dictator with virtuosic menace in Anthony Horowitz's admirable yet troubling comedyCan you have a comedy about tyranny? Chaplin got away with in The Great Dictator. But Anthony Horowitz's play faces two obvious problems. Given what we know about the tragic fate of Iraq, it is difficult to raise a smile about the embarrassments of Saddam Hussein dropping i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13PM on September 22, 2015

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