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Snake in the Grass " review by Michael Billington

Print Room, London"Can't a ghost story reveal insights into human nature?" Alan Ayckbourn asked before this play's 2002 Scarborough premiere. The answer is that of course it can: one has only to think of Henry James. But, much as I enjoyed this creepy tale, making its London debut, its strength lies in Ayckbourn's compassion for victimised womanhood: it's the spooky stuff that seems strangely derivative.The set …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:44pm on February 15, 2011

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