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Setting the stage for the lore of the sea
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When Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall was looking for an English
setting for a play about shipping law, he made an obvious choice.
Steve Pratt looks at the Whitby connection
At first glance, the link between a classic Dutch play about
outdated shipping laws in a small village at the turn of the century
and a North Yorkshire fishing town is none too apparent. The sepia
picture, depicting a young boy sitting on a rock in the sea playing
with a toy boat, on the poster for a current production at the Royal
National Theatre in London, provides a clue.
The image will be well known to those familiar ...
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'The play's the thing' So why can't we see it?
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See this play or he gets it
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Is your play a virgin?(commentary)
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Japan at Play: The Ludic and the Logic of Power. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
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Where There's a Will, There's a Play
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