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Mahatma Gandhi booklet row: Odisha government terms it an inadvertent mistake

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Facing widespread criticism over  a political candidate   book  describing  sage  Gandhi’s death as  Associate in Nursing  “accident”, the Odisha government on  Saturday   aforementioned   it absolutely was   Associate in Nursing   unintended  mistake and there was no intention to feed wrong  data  to  the kids  or twist the sequence of events. School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash came out with  the govt.  response to the  contestation   within the  state Assembly following a direction from Speaker S N Patro  during this  regard on  Friday . Dash  aforementioned   the govt.  has already withdrawn the  book . An official has been disengaged and  2  others  are  asked  to convey   a piece of evidence   regarding  the error, he added. A two-page government  book  “Aama Bapuji: Eka ...
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This Irish production of Shakespeare's Richard III is like no other

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What makes Druid theater company's production of William Shakespeare's Richard III Irish? Well for a start – and what a start it is – director Garry Hynes has actress Marie Mullen slowly cross the stage at the opening as the mad old Queen Margaret. In an unforgettable image of ruination and fury, a stand-in for mother Ireland, and sure enough soon we learn that her Beckettian shuffle, arresting eloquence and iron will are all fixed on one purpose alone, revenge. Read more: Irish Arts Center's fall lineup shines bright Peter Daly, Rory Nolan, Jane Brennan, Frank Blake, Ingrid Craigie, Garrett Lombard and Aaron Monaghan in Richard III The play usually opens with Richard's famous soliloquy, but here he's anticipated and trumped by an image of the lasting destruction that his ambitions have unleashed. That's how we know this production is an Irish one, that's the kind of dual awareness that elevates this unsettling show. When he does appear Richa...
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Driftwood Theatre Presents PLAY IN A PUB: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL

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What the Dickens?! Driftwood Theatre presents a holiday edition of their popular Play in a Pub series with a Christmas classic of Shakespearian proportions. William Shakespeare's A Christmas Carol will be performed on December 10 - 15, 2019 in three breweries and pubs in Peterborough, Whitby, and Toronto. With appearances by characters from Shakespeare's most popular plays, this version of A Christmas Carol is an inventive, hilarious, and touching holiday story for the whole family, inspired by the work of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. When miserly theatre owner Ebenezer Scrooge puts the 'humbug' at Christmas, he's transported on a redemptive journey to save his very soul. Haunted by the spirits of Christmas past (Puck), present (Falstaff) and future (Hamlet's dad), Scrooge learns to appreciate the true spirit of the holiday season as only Shakespeare can imagine. Carrying on Driftwood's fine tradition of informal readings of plays over a pi...
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