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The question beckons … is Yasmina Reza the best-known French playwright since Samuel Beckett? She’s certainly one of the most talented since Beckett … and that’s for sure. Having had previous successes with Art and Life X 3 among others, Reza’s latest work, God of Carnage, has just hit the Australian stage as part of…
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Theatre Classification System Radio 2SER
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