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From: Evening Standard - London
Date: 20070508
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THEATRE Nan Orange Tree, Richmond ***

ONE of the Orange Tree's particular skills, seen to fine effect in its Shaw and His Contemporaries season, lies in serving reminders that some of the biggest names in 20th century letters also had dramatic strings to their bows. It has brought John Galsworthy's plays back to 21st century attention and now comes the turn of John Masefield, best remembered as a sea-fixated Poet Laureate.

Nan, first directed by Harley Granville Barker in 1908, used to be a staple of the repertoire, but has not been produced professionally for more than 60 years.

And, it ...

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