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Doubt review " Maxine Peake leads a crusade against a priest

by David Jays

Ustinov, BathIn an emphatic production that prowls around the mess of human motive, Peake's Sister Aloysius doggedly pursues a suspicion of abuse John Patrick Shanley's play first appeared in 2004, the era of known unknowns. His parable about a priest suspected of abuse was, he has said, partly prompted by the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq: war justified by unproven conviction. He depicts a 1960s Bro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:06am on February 14, 2025