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    No./9 “I can always tell six pages into a script if I’m going to like the story”

    Jul 05, 2020 3 minutes

    MAXINE PEAKE IS an actor with a nose for a great story. It’s a trait that led her straight into the leading role of . For this English Revolution-set home invasion drama, Peake went full Puritan, channelling the power of a woman who has seen the atrocities of war, yet refuses to be defeated. Speaking to from her home near Manchester, Peake explains how she stepped into the shoes of a survivor —

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