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" I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part. "

Kenneth Branagh

Young

Arts

Royal

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Frighten

Subjects

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Always

Comedy

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