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Plagues and Tangles
Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
3/5
THIS harrowing new drama about the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s disease by Nicola Wilson follows Megan and her family as they discover and deal with her diagnosis.
That devastating news is compounded by the fact that Megan (Monica Dolan)is suffering from the “familial” variant which caused the death of her mother.
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