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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because its repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.

Fiona Shaw

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Fiona Shaw
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 10
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Performing Artist
Stage Actor
County Cork
Ireland
Fiona Mary Shaw
Fiona Wilson
Fiona Mary Wilson
Dangerously
Praised
Loathe
Theatre
Theater
Sometimes
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Unexciting
Repetitious

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