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I wasn’t sure what to expect from this movie but since I have a weak spot for Claire Danes, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, I was actually positively surprised and I thought that it was a very interesting picture. Indeed, I wasn’t really familiar with the British theater world in the 17th century and I thought it was just rather fascinating to behold. Eventually, even though C... read more

A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desedmona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?