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Douglas Hodge, a Pinter specialist who often plays rugged, slightly sweaty toughs, makes an unlikely drag star.
Yet there he was this week at a fashionable London fringe theatre, cavorting in 'ironlung' corset and wig.
He looks like Sandi Toksvig's bigger-boned sister, or maybe the former Tory MP and HRT enthusiast Teresa Gorman. On a bad day.
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Philip Quast, as Georges, did not really persuade me for a moment that he and Mr Hodge's Albin were an item. It was like seeing a couple of rugger players smooching one another. Still funny, though.
It just needs maybe a smidgen more glamour ? something which might come from the audience not being right on top of the performers. Some more singing lessons might be advisable, too.
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