“Sylvia is mercurial, cruel, easily bored, shameless, dismissive and treats her poor husband rather appallingly. Married, perhaps by necessity rather than choice, to Christopher she is aggravated beyond belief at his taciturn nature (rather than in engage in scurrilous gossip with her at breakfast he instead prefers to write notes in the borders of the Encyclopedia correcting its errors) and seems determined to provoke a reaction from him vindictively flaunting her affair in front of his eyes. She is frankly a hateful creature but Hall plays her with such an undercurrent of loneliness and self loathing that you find yourself hoping that there will be a redemption for Sylvia. Hall also has fascinating chemistry with Cumberbatch - sizzling, savage and fond if not tender all at the same time. You won’t like her but you won’t be able to take your eyes off her.”
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