Queen at Sea review – crushingly sad dementia drama offers a startling portrait of intimacy

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Driven by fine performances from Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall, Lance Hammer’s comeback is unbearable in its tragic candour and essential in its moral questioning This inexpressibly painful and sad story – featuring angry, complex, brilliant…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:05:02 UTC.

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