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John Lithgow says Roald Dahl was ‘a very complicated man damaged by terrible tragedies’

John Lithgow says Roald Dahl was ‘a very complicated man damaged by terrible tragedies’
Actor stars as the controversial author in the play ‘Giant’, which explores Dahl’s antisemitic statements

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