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Intimate Apparel, Donmar Warehouse review - stirring story of Black survival in 1905 New York by Helen Hawkins

An early Lynn Nottage work gets a superb cast and production The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the Donmar Warehouse, 2003's Intimate Apparel. After the more male-dominated Sweat and Clyde's at the same address, this is a personal piece about the lot of Black women, inspired by Nottage's discovery of an old photo of her great-grandmother Ethel.

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:18PM on June 27, 2025

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