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Jennifer Saunders is brilliant: Blithe Spirit at the Harold Pinter Theatre reviewed

Plus: a shallow, heartless, overpraised trifle at the Royal Court

Jennifer Saunders (Madame Arcati), who uses little hand gestures and delicate flutterings of her clothes to draw our attention to her gastric problems, and Lisa Dillon (Ruth) in Blithe Spirit. Photo: Nobby Clark 
issue 25 September 2021
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  • Blithe Spirit

    Harold Pinter Theatre, until 6 November

  • Is God Is

    Royal Court, unti1 23 October

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