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A Season in the Congo " review by Michael Billington

Young Vic, LondonThe turbulence following Congolese independence partly inspired John Arden to write the unjustly forgotten Armstrong's Last Goodnight in 1964. Two years later, the Martinique poet and dramatist Aimé Césaire tackled the same events in this astonishing play now having its British premiere in Ralph Manheim's translation and Joe Wright's rousing production. It should attract all lovers of political the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AM on July 17, 2013

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