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Jul 21 2022
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Buenos Aires 1970s

The Hungarian Count, part three

By Acting, Stage
In September of 1975 Claudine Vattier wrote to say how pleased she was that we liked Wrangel Island; she thought it ‘intéressante’ and found the characters to be ‘chouettes' – cool. She recognised the difficulty of placing it! In passing, she…
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Jul 13 2022
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Wrangel Island

The Hungarian Count, part two

By Acting, Stage, Writing
Claudine Vattier’s French translation of Wenckheim’s play arrived. La Terre de Wrangel, she called it; Wrangel Island, in English. It’s a real place. A sizeable island belonging to Russia, about five hundred miles west from Alaska. Today, it’s known as…
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Feb 16 2022
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The Understudy, part four

By Acting, Stage
This is the grand finale scene from As You Like It. I can see Ray Llewellyn’s head and shoulders, between two lady’s heads, at the back, a third of the way from the left edge of the photograph. And I’m…
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