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===Other work=== Phillips's [[West End theatre|West End]] credits include ''[[Marlene (musical)|Marlene]]'' (in which she portrayed [[Marlene Dietrich]]), ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'', ''[[Gigi (musical)|Gigi]]'' and ''[[A Little Night Music]]''. She has also appeared on the American stage in ''Marlene''. Her National Theatre performances have included playing the roles of Lady Britomart in ''[[Major Barbara]]'' at the [[Lyttelton Theatre]] (18 October 1982, opening night); Madam Armfeldt in ''[[A Little Night Music]]'' at the [[Olivier Theatre]] (18 September 1995, opening night); Hope in ''In Bed With Magritte'' (1 December 1995, opening night);<ref>National Theatre: Archive Catalogue at worthing.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2011.</ref> and Madame Neilsen in "[[Les Blancs]]" at the Olivier Theatre in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/apr/03/les-blancs-review-national-theatre-lorraine-hansberry |title=Les Blancs review – revolution so real you can smell it |date=3 April 2016 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> She provided spoken-word backing to a track on [[Rufus Wainwright]]'s 2007 album ''[[Release the Stars]]'' and appeared live with him at the [[Old Vic Theatre]] in London on 31 May/1 June 2007. In 2009 Phillips starred in London's West End production of ''[[Calendar Girls]]''. Phillips played Juliet opposite [[Michael Byrne (actor)|Michael Byrne]]'s Romeo in ''Juliet and her Romeo'' at the [[Bristol Old Vic]] from 10 March to 24 April 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesarts/2010/03/sian_phillips_juliet_and_her_romeo.html |title=BBC – Wales Arts: Siân Phillips to star as Shakespeare's Juliet |work=bbc.co.uk |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> In January 2011, she appeared in a new cabaret show, ''Crossing Borders'', at [[Wilton's Music Hall]] in London. One review said: "Her cabaret shows are always of the more traditional type. She's had a long and very impressive career, and her show followed its progression, with backstage anecdotes about the people she's met and worked with along the way. It may not be edgy, but it's a truly delightful evening, by a truly delightful performer, in a truly delightful venue."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.cabaretscenes.org/cabaret_reviews/2011/jan11/phillips_sian_1-11.html |title=Cabaret Scenes Review – Sian Phillips |first=Harold |last=Sanditen |website=archive.cabaretscenes.org}}</ref> In 2015, she played the lead character [[Fania Fénelon]] in the [[Arthur Miller]] stage version of ''[[Playing for Time (film)|Playing for Time]]'' at [[Sheffield Theatres]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/11474752/Sian-Phillips-Saying-yes-to-work-is-just-a-way-of-life.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/11474752/Sian-Phillips-Saying-yes-to-work-is-just-a-way-of-life.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Siân Phillips: 'Saying yes to work is just a way of life' |last=Rees |first=Jasper |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=17 March 2015 |access-date=28 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2024, Phillips reflected on her life and career, for the first time, in ''Siân Phillips at 90'', broadcast on [[BBC One]] on 1 March. The documentary includes Philips recounting, with candour, the difficulties in the later part of her marriage to O'Toole, which culminated in the ultimatum that she should leave the family home, without their two children, within the space of four hours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001ww4q/sian-phillips-at-90|title=Siân Phillips at 90|via=www.bbc.co.uk |quote=O'Toole made my life impossible. He dragged the court case on for three years and in the end it was all over. And I didn't ask for anything. He kept all my jewellery, everything, and the art, what little art I possessed there, he kept everything, and my furniture. And I just started all over again.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ww4q|title=BBC One - Siân Phillips at 90|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nation.cymru/culture/sian-phillips-at-90-to-air-on-bbc-on-saint-davids-day/|title='Siân Phillips at 90' to air on BBC on Saint David's Day|first=Stephen|last=Price|date=21 February 2024|website=Nation.Cymru}}</ref>
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