The Wife of Willesden, review: an irresistibly rambunctious theatrical debut from Zadie Smith
The author's ribald contemporary reworking of Chaucer's The Wife of Bath, at the Kiln, Kilburn, reveals her as a first-rate dramatist
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The author's ribald contemporary reworking of Chaucer's The Wife of Bath, at the Kiln, Kilburn, reveals her as a first-rate dramatist