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It may have a meagre script and no plot but Farinelli and the King is still a major work of art

Plus: Rachel Cusk’s Medea at the Almeida isn’t a bad piece of yuppie soap, but it’s hardly Medea

issue 10 October 2015
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  • Farinelli and the King

    Duke of York’s Theatre, until 5 December

  • Medea

    Almeida, until 14 November

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