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Take it or leave it love dilemma rings true
Katherine M Graham reviews The York Realist at Donmar Warehouse
In a quandary: Ben Batt (left) and Jonathan Bailey in The York Realist
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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EVERYBODY always seems to be leaving in Peter Gill’s affecting play The York Realist. But, at its centre, George (Ben Batt) can’t leave. Or maybe doesn’t want to.
To leave or not to leave is a very complicated matter in this impactful love story, first staged in 2001.
George a farm labourer, lives with his mother and he’s been cast in a Mystery play production in York, while the play’s assistant director John (Jonathan Bailey) has come to see why George has stopped attending rehearsals.
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