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Marilyn Monroe was an act: Bonnie Greer and Colin McFarlane in conversation

National Portrait Gallery · St. Martin's Pl, London WC2H 0HE

3 July 2026

£15 (£12 members)

Writer Bonnie Greer and actor Colin McFarlane pull apart the idea of Marilyn Monroe as a natural phenomenon, arguing her stardom was built, studied and performed like any other act. Treating the icon as craft rather than fact is the whole point of the conversation.

Marilyn Monroe was an act: Bonnie Greer and Colin McFarlane in conversation

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