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...The central performances, though, are those of Amanda Drew as Natalya, too infatuated to see her selfishness, and John Simm as her husband’s best friend (and, inevitably, her unrequited lover) Rakitin....
...Natalya, who competes with her ward, Vera, for Aleksey’s affections, and who is loved tragically by Rakitin (Peter Dinklage of HBO’s Game of Thrones) , generates more charm than despair....
...Rakitin (Jared Matthews), her designated admirer, did not dance; he accompanied or watched from the sidelines....
...Michael Feast, who plays Rakitin, specialises more in suppression or near-concealment than Dee; in early scenes, clouds cross his face with rapidity, and he begins to make a number of physical gestures of...
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