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THERE was plenty of activity around the bicentenary of Charlotte Bronte’s birth this year, of which Lip Service’s revival of Withering Looks (Morley Town Hall) was one of the theatrical highlights.
Promising an “authentic” look at the lives and works of the Bronte Sisters, the farcical play was self-referential, gently risque and tremendously entertaining for those familiar with the Victorian gothic genre.
Written and performed by Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding, the pair’s comedy acting and mugging were as satisfying as their obvious love of the novels they were satirising.
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