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And a Nightingale Sang | Theatre review

New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeCP Taylor's gentle, nostalgic saga of life on the domestic front evokes a world of Âmake do and mend, casualties in Âforeign climes and the sound of Dame Vera Lynn, which seems as long ago as ... last September, actually; the recent return of Dame Vera to the top of the charts makes this a canny time to revive a play filled with many of her best-loved songs.Not that Taylor's drama belongs to the world of cash-in musicals. It began life in the 1970s as a...

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22:30 on February 7 2010

And a Nightingale Sang | Theatre review

Guardian Music — New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeCP Taylor's gentle, nostalgic saga of life on the domestic front evokes a world of Âmake do and mend, casualties in Âforeign cl... more info

Vera Lynn