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Double Feature at Hampstead Theatre review: Who will win in this battle of Hollywood power games? Who cares

Source: Manuel Harlan

John Logan’s frustrating new play is a pub quiz film round mounted on stage. It awkwardly splices together ’s attempt to control and conquer Tippi Hedren during the filming of Marnie in 1964 and Vincent Price’s fraught relationship with the young, doomed director Michael Reeves on Witchfinder General four years later.

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