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Magnificence
Finborough Theatre,
London SW10
4/5
IT’S a real surprise that it has taken 40 years for Howard Brenton’s Magnificence to find its way back onto a London stage.
Luckily, the Fat Git theatre company have revived it at an optimum time and in an ideal setting.
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