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Gawain and the Green Knight review

“Self-consciously offbeat characters grate”
Felix Grainger in Gawain and the Green Knight at Park Theatre, London. Photo: Kira Turnpenny
Felix Grainger in Gawain and the Green Knight at Park Theatre, London. Photo: Kira Turnpenny
Absurdist modern-day reworking of the Gawain myth loses some of the original’s eerie magic

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