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Drones, Baby, Drones Arcola Theatre, London E8 2/5
IT’S a sad indictment of the two plays constituting Drones, Baby, Drones that they pale in comparison with the two short monologues that accompany them.
The latter are verbatim transcripts of statements by Clive Stafford Smith, played here by Sam Dale, who looks remarkably like the human rights camapaigner.
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