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She's wrinkled, raddled and quite wonderful.(Theater Review)

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20050909
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Byline: QUENTIN LETTS

The Haunted Hotel (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) Verdict: Spirited melodrama with Victorian ghouls

ONCE the wide-faced glamour kitten, Susannah York has turned into an imperious grand dame. Good on her.

She popped up in Coventry this week in a Wilkie Collins ghost story that will be visiting Cardiff, Glasgow, Woking and Chelmsford.

The Haunted Hotel is a traditional spine-chiller done with rustling silk costumes, classic projection of voices and a proscenium arch.

It gets away with some of its creakier moments by being a play within a ...

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