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Stevie review Zoë Wanamaker brings Smith's poetry alive by Lyn Gardner

Minerva, ChichesterLike the man in her most famous poem, Not Waving but Drowning, Wanamaker's Stevie Smith is all covert signalsShe stands before us, stooping slightly, in a shapeless red pinafore like an awkward, slightly wistful schoolgirl up before the headteacher. But something glints in this elfin, middle-aged woman's eye. The crimson pinafore may be a fashion disaster, but it's also a flash of defiance, even da…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:23AM on May 5, 2014

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