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" The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up. "

Arthur Smith

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Light

Night

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Arthur Smith

Doing

Captain

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Important

Debt

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