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Muhly's Marnie fails to find the drama of Winston Graham's novel

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“Muhly’s Glass-inspired writing, beautiful in the right setting, is not at ease with his subject”
Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 18 November 2017
Muhly, Marnie
Martyn Brabbins, Conductor
Michael Mayer, Director
Julian Crouch, Set Designer
Arianne Phillips, Costume Designer
Sasha Cooke, Marnie
Daniel Okulitch, Mark Rutland
James Laing, Terry
Lesley Garrett, Mrs Rutland
Diana Montague, Lucy
Alasdair Elliott, Mr Strutt
Kathleen Wilkinson, Marnie's mother
Eleanor Dennis, Laura Fleet
Matthew Durkan, Malcolm Fleet
Darren Jeffery, Dr Roman
English National Opera Chorus
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