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Two Ladies, Bridge Theatre, London
Perceptive insights on first ladies' subservient relationships with powerful presidents
Striking similarity: Zoe Wanamaker as Helen in Two Ladies
[Helen Maybanks]
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
LOCKED down in a conference room overlooking the Cote d’Azur, the wives of the US and French presidents await the outcome of a summit conference debating joint military retaliation for terrorist acts in the US.
Zoe Wanamaker’s Helen, the previously married, considerably older wife and former teacher of her husband, bears striking similarities to Brigitte Macron while Zrinka Cvitesic as Sophia, the Yugoslavian born ex-model, is not a million miles from Melania Trump.
And their relationships with their husbands also mirror the current first ladies’ apparent roles — the first plays an active part in presidential political life, the latter is a trophy wife to be flaunted in public.
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