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Did Turgenev foresee Russia’s Stalinist future?

A chilling new staging of Brian Friel’s adaptation of Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons at the Donmar

Idealists and chums: Joshua James (Arkady) and Seth Numrich (Bazarov) [Johan Persson]
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    Donmar, until 26 July

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