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    My favourite painting Greg Doran

    Oct 04, 2023 1 minute

    Greg Doran is director emeritus at the Royal Shakespeare Company. His productions include Hamlet, starring David Tennant, in 2008 and King Lear, starring Anthony Sher, in 2016

    I happened on this painting recently and it made me catch

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