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The Girls of Slender Means review

“Solid and stirring”
ReviewsApr 18, 2024by Fergus MorganRoyal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
The Girls of Slender Means at Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic
The Girls of Slender Means at Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic
Bustling, witty story about five young women living in an all-female boarding house in 1945 from writer Gabriel Quigley, director Roxana Silbert

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Fergus Morgan

Fergus Morgan

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