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Ian McDiarmid on how Enoch Powell play 'resonates today'

Ian McDiarmid discusses how his performance of Enoch Powell reciting his controversial 1968 'Rivers of blood' speech resonates with 2017 audiences.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning actor - famous to many as Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars series - takes the stage as Powell in Chris Hannan's play What Shadows, which starts a run London on September 27 following performances in Edinburgh and Birmingham.

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