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A disastrous opening night
Simon Callow describes the premiere of Orson Welles' play 'Moby Dick - Rehearsed' in 1955.
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    A disastrous opening night
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    Reading
  3. Childhood
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    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
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    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
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    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
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    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
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    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
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    Q&A
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    Where are the Edinburgh class of 96 now?
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    "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
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    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
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