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![London, UK. 12.07.2013. THE COLOR PURPLE, THE MUSICAL opens at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Based on the novel by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros/Amblin Entertainment Motion Picture, it is directed by John Doyle. Picture shows: Nicola Hughes (Shug Avery). Photograph © Jane Hobson.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007YLlOynh6w0/s/880/880/20130712-ColorPurple-Menier-aJHO-8655.jpg)
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London, UK. 12.07.2013. THE COLOR PURPLE, THE MUSICAL opens at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Based on the novel by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros/Amblin Entertainment Motion Picture, it is directed by John Doyle. Picture shows: Nicola Hughes (Shug Avery). Photograph © Jane Hobson.
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