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Morally repugnant: Boys From the Blackstuff, at the Garrick Theatre, reviewed

Plus: yet another attempt to conjure up Marilyn Monroe on stage

Menace to society: Barry Sloane as Yosser Hughes in Boys From the Blackstuff [Alastair Muir]
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