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The ballet season has begun with Swan Lake, in which the young ballerina Tamara Karsavina performed twice. The public is clearly interested in ballet, and among various segments of the Petersburg…
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Akim Volynsky
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1911
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When about two years ago the wish arose in me to explain the artistic basis of the new trends evident in the “Ballets Russes,” my attempt, which appeared as an article entitled “On the New Ballet” (Ap…
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André Levinson
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1913
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Rehob, Land of Israel (Tel Reḥov, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE
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[ . . . ] reb azrielke:
God’s world is great and holy. The holiest land in the world is the Land of Israel. In the Land of Israel the holiest city is Jerusalem. In Jerusalem the holiest place was the…
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Sh. An-ski
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1920
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One year later, a Sunday afternoon. The front room. jacob is giving his son mordecai [uncle morty] a haircut, newspapers spread around the base of the chair. moe is reading a newspaper…
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Clifford Odets
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1935
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Thenjiwe:What place is this?
Zachariah:John Vorster Square!
Thenjiwe:Aaaah!
Susan:They told me that they were going to charge me. That meant a lot of things. That I would be sent to Diepkloof to await…
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Barney Simon
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Johannesburg, South Africa
Date:
1985
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Selridge:Epstein’s next. I want to hear what his last week on earth would be like. Probably wants to take an English exam at City College.
Eugene:It’s your turn, Arnold.
Epstein:There’s no point to…
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Neil Simon
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1985
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Daisy:Honestly, Boolie. Are you trying to irritate me in the middle of an ice storm?
She hangs up the phone. Light out on her. Boolie stands a moment in wonder. Light out on him. In the dark we hear…
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Alfred Uhry
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1987
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In this play, adapted by Shmuel Hasfari from a novel by Sami Michael, the Arab woman Houda explains why she has decided to abort the fruit of her love for a Jew who has been killed in the Lebanese war…
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Shmuel Hasfari
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1988
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Eva and Olivia. A table set for tea.
Eva:Oh, Olivia, this dampness is terrible, every bone in my body aches. (Olivia lights a cigarette.) That is an awful habit.
Olivia:(Gleefully.) Ye…
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Richard Greenberg
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1990