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The Redgraves and their magical stage moments

October 29, 2009 5:10 PM By LINDA WINER linda.winer@newsday.com

Actress Vansessa Redgrave performs during the benefit performance

Photo credit: Getty/Jemal Countess | Actress Vansessa Redgrave performs during the benefit performance of "The Year of Magical Thinking" at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on October 26, 2009 in New York City.

Linda Winer

Newsday theater critic and arts columnist Linda Winer. Linda Winer

Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday,

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Actress Vansessa Redgrave performs during the benefit performance Scenes from 'The Year of Magical Thinking'

'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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