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Edinburgh '98: Theatre
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GARETH ARMSTRONG'S dramatic monologue, Shylock, looks at attitudes
towards Jews and Jewishness down the ages through the prism of The
Merchant of Venice - a tour de force which will enrich your
understanding of Shylock as a lasting measure of anti-Semitism.
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh (0131-226 2428) 1.20pm
The European premiere of Hamlet (right)...
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Edinburgh Festival `98: Theatre
The Independent - London
; Edinburgh Festival `98: Theatre Dominic Cavendish ALEX LOWE'S one-man-show, The Wrestling - based on Simon Garfield's book of the same name - is a humorous, affectionate ... nostalgia. Anecdotes about Kendo Nagasaki, Mick McManus, Big Daddy (right) and many more delivered with ringside fervour. Pleasance, ...
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Edinburgh Festival `98: Theatre: Shylock through the ages
The Independent - London
; SHYLOCK ASSEMBLY ROOMS THE REHABILITATION of the most famous Jew in theatre, from a hook- nosed caricature of greed and resentment to a justifiably bitter and persecuted ethnic minority, didn't just come ...
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Edinburgh '98: Theatre
The Independent - London
; ... from tonight. It stars Alan Howard and Frances de la Tour, with Howard Davies - the man responsible for the Almeida's triumphant revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - in the director's seat. Almeida Theatre, London N1 (0171-359 4404) 7.30pm
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL '98: Theatre: Charm of moonstruck jester JASON BYRNE CAMPING ON THE MOON PLEASANCE
The Independent - London
; ... villagers whose fists were too big for their arms to move above their waists) or a barbed one- liner ("Where are you from?" "Edinburgh." "Lazy bastard."), there's no mistaking the mark of a court jester for the end of the millennium. And no-one can flirt with ...
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL '98: THEATRE: OJ OTHELLO ASSEMBLY ROOMS
The Independent - London
; ... pathetic footage of OJ fleeing in his Ford Bronco pursued by cops while Sheppard reads Othello's farewell monologue ("Speak of me as I am") turns a media circus into a moving piece of theatre. Assembly Rooms, Venue 3, to 30 August, pounds 9 (pounds 8)
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