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Vermeer Has Stage Debut

By ARTINFO

Published: July 30, 2008
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Scarlett Johansson starred in the 2003 movie "Girl With a Pearl Earring," inspired by the 17th-century masterpiece by Vermeer.

LONDON—This September, a theater version of the bestselling novel Girl With a Pearl Earring, inspired by the eponymous 17th-century masterpiece by Vermeer, will premiere at the Cambridge Arts theater, reports the Guardian. The book was also made into a Hollywood film, in 2003, starring Colin Firth as the Dutch master and Scarlett Johansson as the wearer of the earring.
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