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Article: Leigh's characters work their magic.(News)
- Article from:
- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2006
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Byline: By David Whetstone
Mike Leigh is best known these days as a film-maker. David Whetstone reviews his eagerly awaited new stage play which opened here last night.
Two Thousand Years at Newcastle Theatre Royal until Saturday
It's not unusual with plays from the National Theatre to praise the quality of the writing, but anyone who knows Mike Leigh's work will realise that would be missing the point in his case.
Leigh's plays don't begin as carefully crafted scripts, polished and perfected before being handed down to the actors to ...
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