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| | Independent, The (London): THEATRE: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI National Theatre, Lyttelton London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Instead of the usual embarrassing masque of madmen gibbering round her, McTeer's Duchess is strapped into a chair, injected with drugs, and forced to watch a hideous Clockwork Orange-like film that mixes her worst memories and most nightmarish fears. |
 | | Poised, elegant, full of warmth, humour and humanity, McTeer's Duchess convinces at every stage of her journey - from her comic oieullades as she tries to restrain her impatience when the steward fails to cotton on to her sexual overtures, to the brave irony she displays in grief. |
 | | This is a Duchess who, while giving it its due, never allows the poetry to put a decorative glaze on this woman's suffering. |
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