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This event has now finished Until Aug 22 2009 Duchess Theatre, Catherine St, WC2B 5LA Full details & map

Theatre: West End

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Ronald Harwood's new companion piece to 'Taking Sides' is harrowing. Here, it transpires that composer Richard Strauss only appeared to toe the Nazi line to protect his Jewish relatives. Themes of loyalty and betrayal centre on Strauss's strained, 15 year relationship with his Jewish librettist, Stefan Zweig. They form a formidable pair: Michael Pennington's Strauss is a fluttering, emotionally quicksilver genius, though David Horovitch's Zweig is more compelling in abject despair than creative angst.

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In terms of sight lines and size, the Duchess Theatre can be counted on for one of the West End's more pleasant theatre experiences. The smallish...

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