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Sorry, Gillian Anderson, but you’ve caught the wrong Streetcar

The acting is as good as the casting will allow, but this Young Vic production feels like a stammering lawyer interrogating a corpse

Gillian Anderson in A Streetcar named Desire [Johan Persson]
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  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    Young Vic, until 19 September

  • A Bright Room Called Day

    Southwark Playhouse, until 16 August

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