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If you see this show you’ll want to see it again – directed properly: The Glass Menagerie, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, reviewed

Plus: a new musical at Theatre Royal Stratford East that's theatrically near-flawless but pushes several Big Messages

The action takes place on a huge black platform flanked by 1930s antiques: Amy Adams and Tom Glynn-Carney in The Glass Menagerie. Photo: Johan Persson
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  • The Glass Menagerie

    Duke of York’s Theatre, until 27 August

  • Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World

    Theatre Royal Stratford East, until 17 July

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