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The Redgraves and their magical stage moments

Linda Winer

Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday,

'Life changes in an instant," said Vanessa Redgrave, sitting alone on an elevated stage at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine last Monday. "You don't want to think it could happen to you. That's why I'm here."

In truth, she was there to perform, probably for the last time, "The Year of Magical Thinking," the solo play based on Joan Didion's memoir about the unexpected deaths within 20 months...

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