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Intimate Apparel review " Lynn Nottage's exquisitely stitched tale of a seamstress's dreams

by David Jays

Donmar Warehouse, LondonSamira Wiley is superb as a corset-maker who embroiders dreams for herself and others in Lynette Linton's tremendous production Lynn Nottage's 2003 play explores what you hold close and who you are when your defences are down. In 1905 New York, Esther, a skilled Black corset-maker, creates ravishing undergarments in Wedgwood blue or salmon pink, trimmed with "every manner of accoutrement". Sti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:32am on June 27, 2025