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GEORGINA BROWN: McGregor returns to West End as Debicki unleashes emotional havoc in a slip dress
A couple of minutes into Lila Raicek's new play, a middle-aged 'rock-starchitect' played by Ewan McGregor is introduced to a guest, Elizabeth Debicki 's willowy Mathilde.
Her vengeance sharpened by the passage of ten years – and the recognition of herself in an unflattering portrait in Mathilde’s novel, Master – Elena has invited the other woman back into their lives, in order to force the lovers to reckon with the past. As we all know from her astonishing portrayal of Princess Diana – which spookily captured the familiar crooked-neck pose and the downward gaze – in the final episodes of The Crown, as well as her haunting appearance in The Night Manager, Debicki has a rare talent for playing ghosts. Relocated to the glamorous Hamptons, where the rich and spoilt spend their summers, scheming Elena, queen of a publishing empire, is staging a party to celebrate Henry’s magnificent restoration of an old whaler’s church.
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