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Theatrical wonders.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
SIR: In Geoffrey Partington's article "Pyrrhic Victory" (June 2004), he takes issue with my "lengthy review" of the Sydney Theatre Company production of Howard Barker's play Victory.
First, I am not a reviewer as Mr Partington claims. My article for the Australian was clearly not a review at all but an interview with the playwright conducted before the opening of the production. Partington claims that "Litson ... is especially impressed by the performance of Judy Davis." Not true. Nowhere in the article do I make any comment about her performance in the production, which I had not seen at that point.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Theatrical wonders.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)