Tamsin Greig is sensational in a Cranford where comedy and pain are in perfect balance

Orange Tree theatre, London This streamlined adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel gets right to the heart of her characters, who face heartbreak and loss but gain from the strength of female friendship
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