Is it a brilliant performance? Yes: it is a totally brilliant performance, just don’t expect fireworks. Smith’s Pomsel – an altogether less imposing personality than Smith herself...'
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A compelling history lesson. An acting master-class like no other... It’s a performance of ripe ambiguity, not a phrase misjudged, every movement contributing...'
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It is an astonishing thing to see Maggie Smith hold an audience in the palm of her hand. Alone on stage for an hour and 45 minutes...she brings a woman and a world to life.'
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...this is more than just an event and a landmark, but a skilfully and understated evening of thrilling acting by a veteran performer still at the very height of her powers.'
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Maggie Smith shines as Goebbels' secretary,,, Smith returns to the stage in triumph as she relives one woman’s extraordinary experience in Nazi Germany.'
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Kent’s production is one of careful bagginess; there’s a slack at the beginning that gets pulled increasingly taut, like a fishing line. Smith toys with us, charms us and fools us – she has us hooked.'
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Maggie Smith triumphs again. This memoir of a Berlin secretary in the Nazi era is the theatre event of the year...Despite her claims of not feeling ethically troubled, the odour of deception hangs in the air.'
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Dame Maggie Smith returns triumphantly. For the 100 minutes of Christopher Hampton’s monologue... she holds the audience in the palm of her hand.'
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