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So good and so raw that avoiding it might be the wisest course: Sea Wall reviewed

Plus: is The Winter’s Tale the most sexist play ever written?

If you didn’t know Andrew Scott was a performer you might assume you’d stumbled on a video blog by an anguished parent: Sea Wall by Simon Stephens
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