Archive for May, 2007

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This play, written and directed by Anthony Neilson is touring the country and currently playing at the Theatre Royal, York. First performed as part of the 2004 Edinburgh Festival, the National Theatre of Scotland production brings together the original cast.
Dissocia is a country, a world, of infinite possibilities, not unlike Alice’s Wonderland, and it also [...]



The famous opening lines in the Joseph Laredo translation, go like this:
Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know. I had a telegram from the home: ‘Mother passed away. Funeral tomorrow. Yours sincerely.’ That doesn’t mean anything. It may have been yesterday.
First published in 1942, The Outsider traces a few days in the life [...]



Jerry Falwell’s good and dead but there are several others of similar ilk still around.

feminism: ‘ . . . a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.’

Debi Alper has the whole story on her blog . . .

ps. The funeral is on Tuesday. Republican leaders and hecklers welcome.

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