Article: And you think your mother is difficult... THEATRE.(Features)

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The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Article date:
November 8, 2009
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Byline: Georgina Brown

Mrs Klein Almeida Theatre, London 2hrs 30 mins (including interval) .....

Uncle Vanya Bristol Old Vic 2hrs 15mins (including interval) .....

Iand poignant play were a comedy, it might be called Some Daughters Do 'Ave 'Em. A study of the renowned psychoanalyst's relationship with her son and daughter, it's a case of the cobbler's children going barefoot.

A shrewd and insightful analyst of people of all ages, especially the young, Melanie Klein is a terrible mother to her offspring.

She loves them, but she can't separate her professional self from her role as a mother, nor can she control the professional ...

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