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Theatre

When the big-boobed whisky monster met the upper-class snoot

Plus: a great play whose value to history it would be hard to exaggerate

7 June 2014

9:00 AM

7 June 2014

9:00 AM

Bakersfield Mist

Duchess, until 30 August

A Human Being Died That Night

Hampstead, until 15 June

Lionel is a king of the New York art scene. An internationally renowned connoisseur, he travels the world creating and destroying fortunes. He anoints a masterpiece, here. He defenestrates a forgery, there. He visits the Californian city of Bakersfield (code in America for Nowheresville) to determine the authenticity of a Jackson Pollock bought for three bucks in a garage sale by an unemployed drunk named Maude.

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