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Powder Her Face

19991h 50mMovieDrama

Penned by composer Thomas Ades, this contemporary opera is based on the life of the Duchess of Argyll (played by Mary Plazas), who's fallen on hard times in old age. A notoriously oversexed money-grubber in her younger days, the…

DirectorMargaret Williams
WriterPhilip Hensher

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Cast · Directed by Margaret Williams

MP
Mary Plazas
Duchess
HB
Heather Buck
Maid
D(
Daniel Norman (Tenor)
Electrician
GB
Graeme Broadbent
Hotel manager

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