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MICHAEL WOOD ON…

''It is unsurpassed among the books that came out of the war''

Recently, I saw the absolutely enthralling new production of Cabaret, which tells the tale of American writer Cliff Bradshaw in 1930s Berlin. This musical chronicles Bradshaw’s relationship with nightclub singer Sally Bowles, the fictional alter ego of young Jean Ross – later a prominent writer, political activist and war correspondent in the Spanish Civil War.

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