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Pale and etiolated in his stiff palace uniform, alternating between extreme lassitude and hysterical game-playing, this Rudolf looks as if he has spent his childhood in dark shadows, pulling the wings off flies.
The Guardian's Judith Mackrell applauded the 30-year-old Watson's performance as MacMillan's "emotionally mutilated" hero: "Pale and etiolated in his stiff palace uniform, alternating between extreme lassitude and hysterical game-playing, this Rudolf looks as if he has spent his childhood in dark shadows, pulling the wings off flies".
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