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Sappho review

“Tantalising ideas”

ReviewsMay 9, 2024by Holly O'MahonySouthwark Playhouse Elephant, London

Velile Tshabalala in Sappho at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London. Photo: Mark Senior

Wendy Beckett’s rewrite of the life and times of Greek poet Sappho is fun and flamboyant but underdeveloped

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