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Dazzling: Stoppard’s The Real Thing, at the Old Vic, reviewed

Plus: a perverse homily at Park90

James McArdle as Henry and Karise Yansen as his angry teenage daughter Debbie in The Real Thing. Photo: Manuel Harlan
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    Park90, until 14 September

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