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Thank you for sticking to the script
I have not read ‘Grapes of Wrath.’ It is not on the list of school-mandated literature where I am from and reading ‘From Mice and Men’ put me off Steinbeck for life. I cried too hard, and the feeling of sadness haunted me for too long. I did not want to voluntarily subject myself to…
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A comic strip about history
I remember reading Midnight’s Children; I was very young and hell-bent on reading a book by the great Rushdie. So I did – but to the very end I felt that, whilst I might be understanding all the words, I am most certainly missing the plot. I was educated in Poland – India’s partition or…
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There is no method in ‘t
This is a play giving an insider glimpse into John Gielgud’s struggles to direct what became known as Richard Burton’s Hamlet. Despite the infamously fraught and alcohol-drenched process, the 1964 production was a massive financial success (the artistic success was less undisputed) and ran for 137 performances. You can enjoy a film record of the…
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