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Liberal helping of dramatic provocation FIRST NIGHT
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Aunt Dan And Lemon
Almeida Theatre
THIS is an evening of dramatic provocation, calculated to make
wet, liberal spirits squirm and recoil. That Wallace Shawn's Aunt
Dan And Lemon is being revived 14 years after its London premiere, at
a time when Britain is bombing Serbia and TV screens nightly dazzle
with atrocious images, gives it a needling pointedness. The liberal-
minded, according to Miranda Richardson's voluptuous Aunt Dan,
grudgingly allow governments to use force, provided that their own
easy lives are not disturbed.
It's a wild charge, but there's still a lingering sting to it:
Aunt ...
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