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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nick Curtis

Mary Said What She Said at the Barbican review: Isabelle Huppert is riveting in this complex, rewarding show

Quite bonkers but quite brilliant, this torrent of a monologue sees the formidable French actress Isabelle Huppert surge through the thought processes of Mary, Queen of Scots, distilled from her letters.

Created by legendary 82-year-old American theatre artist Robert Wilson, originally for the Théâtre de la Ville–Paris, it’s a bold challenge to Huppert’s technique, charisma and rigour rather than an easy star vehicle.

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