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Talking Heads review " muted emotions in Alan Bennett's eulogy for a lost world by Lyn Gardner

Theatre Royal, BathBennett's three protagonists provide unchallenging and comforting stereotypes with plenty of wry humour but few surprises Alan Bennett's monologues were written for the TV close-up and this trio of them doesn't always benefit from being exposed on stage. In A Cream Cracker Under the Settee, Stephanie Cole's ageing but fiercely independent, hygiene-obsessed Doris appears to be stranded in a minimali…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM on July 29, 2015

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