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a 19th-century church in the repressed style favored by the strict religious sect
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Cummings has a wider range to traverse as Arnold, whose repressed rage eventually has to find an outlet.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Lewis’s wife Wren has her own repressed history with this type of disease, and the story that unfolds through their perspectives is layered, surprising and beautiful.
—Tessa Yang, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
The deeply repressed make great ghost fodder.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Among those acolytes is Lucien (Jérémy Gillet), a reedy, repressed young virgin who yearns to be part of the gay community but hasn’t the courage to come out to his domineering mother Christine (Elisabeth Wiener), who also just happens to be the country’s very right-wing health minister.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Lewis’s wife Wren has her own repressed history with this type of disease, and the story that unfolds through their perspectives is layered, surprising and beautiful.
—Tessa Yang, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
The deeply repressed make great ghost fodder.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Among those acolytes is Lucien (Jérémy Gillet), a reedy, repressed young virgin who yearns to be part of the gay community but hasn’t the courage to come out to his domineering mother Christine (Elisabeth Wiener), who also just happens to be the country’s very right-wing health minister.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
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“Repressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repressed. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest 
1
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
2
: characterized by a keeping in check
Medical Definition
repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
repressed anger
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