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THE LAST CONFESSION By Roger Crane Chichester Festival Theatre; first night review.(Theater review)

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20070509
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Byline: QUENTIN LETTS

DAVID SUCHET, long established as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, has recently been drawn to more expansive characters: Anthony Trollope's Melmotte and, just the other day, Robert Maxwell.

In Chichester last night this compelling performer unveiled a role which demands some of Poirot's interrogation skills yet also requires a swagger.

Mr Suchet plays the Cardinal of Venice, Giovanni Benelli, who engineered the 1978 election of the short-lived Pope John Paul I.

Mr Suchet makes a fine Cardinal. He has the pleasing tummy and noble head for ...

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