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  Lady Windermere's Fan, Vaudeville Theatre, London, review: Jennifer Saunders is inspired casting

  Kathy Burke directs this second major production in the year long celebration of Oscar Wilde's work that Dominic Dromgoole and his new company Classic Spring are bringing to the West End. Like their version of A Woman of No Importance, which kicked off the season, this revival helps to rejuvenate the play by some sparky casting and by pouring real feeling into the creaky melodramatic conventions from which Wilde, in his first West End foray, was unable to free himself. If Lady Windermere's Fan

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  Evening Standard

  Samantha Spiro interview: I hope young actresses won’t experience the things I did

  Samantha Spiro is a national treasure in stealth mode.

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  Jennifer Saunders to star in Kathy Burke’s Lady Windermere’s Fan

  Jennifer Saunders has been announced as one of the stars in a new season of Oscar Wilde plays. Kathy Burke is directing a production of Lady Windermere’s Fan as part of Dominic Dromgoole’s year-long season of Wilde plays, with Saunders starring as the Duchess of Berwick. The cast will also feature Samantha Spiro and Kevin Bishop, with further casting yet to be announced.

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  The Telegraph

  The House They Grew Up In, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, review: Samantha Spiro shows star quality

  The House They Grew Up In, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, review: Samantha Spiro shows star quality

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  The House They Grew Up In, theatre review: This cluttered home is where the heart is

  Be patient, though, and don’t make hasty judgements – a sentiment that could easily act as the motto for Deborah Bruce’s new play, presented in a co-production with Headlong, about two reclusive grown-up siblings. Daniel, at the highly functioning end of the autistic spectrum, has struck up an innocent friendship with the young boy next door that looks set to have devastating consequences for everyone. Weren’t things better when the siblings kept themselves to themselves behind their wildly ov

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  Prima

  Viewers are divided on that Barbara Windsor biopic

  See what's being said about BBC One's <em>Babs</em>.

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  The Telegraph

  Babs was a joyfully camp tribute to a national treasure – review

  Barbara Windsor is such an institution that we tend to think we know her personally. Four actresses (plus a cameo from Windsor herself) fleshed out the story of the Carry On star and EastEnders matriarch. Each was terrific in her own way, but Samantha Spiro as the fiftysomething actress, down on her luck and reduced to appearing in end-of-the-pier shows, brought a throat-catching empathy to the role that was very special.

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  HuffPost UK

  Barbara Windsor Reveals Why 'Babs' Biopic Was 'Like Therapy'

  Speaking to The Sun, Barbara said: “I had many meetings with Tony in his West End offices where I would sit on a sofa and he and I would chat about specific moments he had read about in my life – and let’s be honest darling,  I’ve had quite a few in my life! “I guess looking back on it now, it was like going to therapy sessions. Tony sat and listened and soaked up what he said afterwards was the essence of me and that he was hearing the inner Barbara voice talking to him.

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  Digital Spy

  Doctor Who snags Game of Thrones star in a mystery role

  Is the TARDIS stopping in Westeros?

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  Digital Spy

  Barbara Windsor says BBC biopic will be no-holds-barred

  'My journey has been full of highs and lows.'

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