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Cambridge University at the Edinburgh Fringe

20 Jul 2023

Read about the Cambridge University students captivating audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe this August.

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English actor John Liston as the title character in John Poole's 1825 farce, "Paul Pry"

Opinion: How a comic character sparked our very modern privacy fears – 200 years ago

25 Feb 2016

David Vincent (CRASSH) discusses the nineteenth century theatrical sensation that inspired public debate about privacy.

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New season of ADC shows begins early January

03 Jan 2014

From Richard III to Guys and Dolls, the ADC theatre will play host to an eclectic mix of shows in the coming months

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Thalian Theatre, Wilmington, NC

Acts of creativity, audiences and us

05 Mar 2013

A conference in Cambridge next month will explore the notion of performance as a dynamic means of looking at the complex interactions between works...

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Books in the Murray Edwards Duse Collection

The lost library of Eleonora Duse

23 Jan 2013

How her personal library informed the phenomenal talent of the Italian actress Eleonora Duse is revealed in a newly-published book that catalogues...

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Tragedy.

Reinventing tragedy in the modern age

09 May 2012

Is tragedy the perfect dramatic form for our current predicament? Or has the classic idea of catharsis through viewing the suffering of others become...

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The Lowry, Salford

Theatres of war: public spending on buildings for the arts

08 Feb 2012

National recommendations for using public money to build arts venues are only succeeding in enforcing a system that is already flawed, a new study...

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The Cherry Orchard

No shortage of storylines to unravel at the ADC Theatre this summer

29 Jun 2011

The wit of Alan Ayckbourn returns to Cambridge at the ADC theatre this July (5th – 9th), with the first local amateur production of Improbable...

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statue of William Shakespeare at the centre of Leicester Square Gardens, London

Shakespeare's medieval world

01 May 2010

Medieval culture pervaded Shakespeare's life and work. Professor Helen Cooper examines its influence on the work of the world's greatest playwright...

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Mental Illness

Jumping to delusions: shortcuts in the brain

24 Mar 2010

Why do some people with mental illnesses entertain bizarre and seemingly irrational beliefs that make their lives a misery?

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Solar Panels

Sustainable energy – without the hot air

13 Mar 2009

How easy is it to kick our fossil fuel habit? Could Britain live on its own renewables? Professor David Mackay, from the Department of Physics, will...

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Cinema

Celebrating cinema, from 1895 to the digital age

01 May 2008

Why have writers been so fascinated by cinema? What role might this 19th-century invention play in the digital age?

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