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Why it's the theatre that's given us a Ladykillers to die for

by Peter Bradshaw

Graham Linehan's stage adaptation of The Ladykillers succeeds where the Coen brothers failed: it's actually funny, says Peter BradshawGraham Linehan's new stage-adaptation of the classic 1955 Ealing movie The Ladykillers, directed by Sean Foley, is up and running in London's West End. My colleague Michael Billington has delivered his verdict and I went to see it the other day. The questions this production throws up …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:34am on December 22, 2011