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The playwright seems curiously detached about rape: The Breach, at Hampstead Theatre, reviewed

Plus: there's some great young actors at work in this early Pinter play at the White Bear Theatre

There's some great opening dialogue from Acton (Stanley Morgan) and Jude (Shannon Tarbet) in The Breach but then it goes haywire. Image: © Johan Persson
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