The Divine Mrs S

Monday 15th April 2024

Anushka Chakravarti, Rachael Stirling and Dominic Rowan in The Divine Mrs S. Photo: Johan Persson
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Text of the day: “You know when we enter into a part and it calls on us to bring forth a particular emotion and we search our memory for a time when we experienced such a feeling for ourselves? Which is a kind of joy because when our feelings are fresh to us they hit the audience most unexpectedly and delightfully.” (Siddons in April De Angelus’s The Divine Mrs S)

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