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DEAL OR NO DEAL | July 24th 2008
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Some books are so dear, so essential, that if a potential partner finds it risible, any meeting of the minds (or body) is impossible, writes Molly Flatt ...
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SIZE MATTERS | May 21st 2008
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What about catching a play at lunch? Or during happy hour? Such cultural quickies might help to topple the image of theatre as an elitist, hoary old dame who only comes out at night, writes Molly Flatt ...
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BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN? | March 12th 2008
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With "The Homecoming" now on in both London and New York, audiences are getting a good dose of Harold Pinter's sadistic surrealism, writes Molly Flatt. But the play's absurd take on family may be the purest way to capture emotional truths on stage ...
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