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Ohio Impromptu

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Jeremy Irons – who plays both Reader and Listener in this production – is a classically trained actor who first came to prominence in the TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. His films include David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers and Barbet Schroeder's Reversal of Fortune, for which he won an Oscar. Other film credits include The French Lieutenant's Woman, Kafka, Waterland and Damage.