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Cressida Bonas receives rave reviews for one woman play

Cressida Bonas has received rave reviews on her performance in An Evening With Lucien Freud. Photo: Getty Images

Cressida Bonas received rave reviews for her latest role in a one woman play titled An Evening With Lucien Freud, which debuted at London's Leicester Square Theatre on Tuesday.

The 26-year-old ex-girlfriend of Prince Harry won critics over with her performance in the play, with The Telegraph's critic, Jane Shilling, praising the actress' performance.

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"Wearing a tiny sundress and towering red satin heels, she conveys both Laura’s naivete, and the darker resonances of absurdity and vague horror that permeate her encounter with the predatory genius.

"There are moments when her inexperience is evident in timing and intonation; and Sara-Louise Kristiansen’s extravagant choreography totters on the brink of preposterousness. But the charm and energy of Bonas’s performance are persuasive enough to charm even a more critical audience than her first-night crowd."

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Daily Mail critic Quentin Letts added: "Miss Bonas's voice is not a strong point, being a little monotonous, yet she has a more varied delivery than, for instance, the robotic, over-garlanded Keira Knightley. On the evidence of this show, and of Miss Knightley's recent stage outings in London, I would say Cressida is at least as good as the Left-wing luvvie."

Cressida, who split from Harry, 30, last April, has been focusing on her acting and modelling career this past year.

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