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Blank canvas: the enduring appeal of Yasmina Reza's Art by Michael Billington

The French playwright's comedy has been packing audiences in worldwide for 20 years. What is the secret of its success?Twenty years ago Yasmina Reza's Art opened at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in Paris. I doubt that anyone could have predicted its global popularity. It opened in London in 1996, in Christopher Hampton's translation, and ran for eight years with a succession of star-casts starting with Albert Finn…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AM on September 30, 2016

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