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Company reaps reward for bold effort     

STAGING a many-stranded Victorian novel with the constraints of modern theatre, from a pared-down cast to a minimalist space, is not a task for the faint-hearted.

But Clwyd Theatr Cymru's director Tim Baker and his team have again proved that such adaptations are rewarding.

Baker has taken George Eliot's richly allegorical book Silas Marner and created a musical play full of charm and pathos. He has untangled the complex warp and weft of Eliot's novel and re-woven it beautifully.


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Gail Cooper, The Western Mail
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