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Mrs. Henderson Presents
Comedy, Drama
Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add risqué burlesque acts similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy affectionate backstage stories about unconventional collaborators, witty social defiance, and theatrical spectacle with an emotional core.
- Tone
- warm, nostalgic, darkly comic
- Payoff
- amusement, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- artistic daring, female independence, friendship, censorship, wartime resilience
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century wartime, London theater and backstage rooms
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