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Oliver Cromwell
Played by Lawry Lewin
Oliver Cromwell, the seventeenth-century Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, as portrayed in comedy sketches. In Horrible Histories, Lawry Lewin plays him as a severe Puritan who turns his relatives’ Christmas visit into an ever-growing…
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Oliver Cromwell, the seventeenth-century Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, as portrayed in comedy sketches. In Horrible Histories, Lawry Lewin plays him as a severe Puritan who turns his relatives’ Christmas visit into an ever-growing list of forbidden pleasures.
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