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From: Derby Evening Telegraph
Date: 20071031
Author:ZENA HAWLEY

One of Wilkie Collins' most famous books gets the stage treatment this week at the Derby Playhouse Studio Theatre.

Billed as a sensation novel in its day, the Woman in White is very much a product of the Victorian era in which it was written.

The Marlowe Players stay true to the historic timeline and have created a mini "upstairs downstairs" world where men were men, ladies an afterthought and servants knew their places.

First-night nerves led to several fluffed lines but overall the amateur dramatic company's effort was enjoyable, if a little laborious at times.

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