The play is a one hander by Willy Russell. If you've seen the film you'll know the story. The key difference is that any speech or description of the other characters is reported by Shirley. This makes it a storytelling piece.

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Nation at the National Theatre is an excellent production. I'm not going to reveal loads of the story but I can't promise no spoilers at all.
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Thursday I went to see MacBeth which is being played by Cheek By Jowl at the Barbican. I was looking forward to it a lot, it's a sell out and Cheek By Jowl have a great reputation. Sadly it was not good. In fact it was quite tedious. I've waited a couple of days to write about in case I was being unduly harsh and it softened in my memory.

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