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GORDON PARSONS reviews The Hairy Ape
With Arthur Miller’s centenary currently so well celebrated in British theatres, the Old Vic is to be congratulated on staging a rarely performed play by that lodestar of US drama Eugene O’Neill.
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The Hairy Ape at the Old Vic, London SE1
4/5
With Arthur Miller’s centenary currently so well celebrated in British theatres, the Old Vic is to be congratulated on staging a rarely performed play by that lodestar of US drama Eugene O’Neill.
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