Pauline Park Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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#OnThisDay in 1896, two counterweights of the #PalaisGarnier's massive chandelier fell, killing one person & injuring several others during a performance in the largest #opera house in #Paris, inspiring an incident in Gaston Leroux's novel, "The Phantom of the Opera" #France https://t.co/wzO93pQlRg

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Throwback Thursday: when I was living in #London, I spent many nights at the Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane taking in productions of the English National Opera; here's a scene from ENO's production of Giuseppe Verdi's #opera "Rigoletto" (2.28.17): https://t.co/VPHpbtjQFe https://t.co/BVRhWr8BV2

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"In 'Monsters,' her new book, Claire Dederer identifies #PabloPicasso as an archetypal modern #genius: an artist whose vices have been seen as excusable by-products of his vatic talent. Only men, she notes, are ever granted this licentious dispensation..." https://t.co/wpVSNKn6Un

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#GeorgeOrwell's "1984" was published #OnThisDay, warning of #BigBrother's omnipresence; sadly, Orwell's novel doesn't even come close to the #dystopia & #Democrats as well as Republicans have created in the US & #JoeBiden is only making things worse... https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-is-published https://t.co/PllGeubOUB

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#ErichMariaRemarque was born into a working class family in in Osnabrück #OnThisDay in 1898, becoming famous for "Im Westen nichts Neues" (All Quiet on the Western Front), one of the most celebrated antiwar novels of all time (1929) https://t.co/DwdS3GayH4 https://t.co/bBXUvqP5fL https://t.co/nKpu4gUD9G

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"Death is But a Dream" is on PBS (WLIW21) & J.J. Sicotte's film about the research Dr. Christopher Kerr & colleagues have done with patients #dying in hospice shows that most try to avoid discussion of #death but the role of #dreams is important...\ https://t.co/u53xGVJjlJ https://t.co/aTWH1SonfP

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#OnThisDay in 1896, two counterweights of the #PalaisGarnier's massive chandelier fell, killing one person & injuring several others during a performance in the largest #opera house in #Paris, inspiring an incident in Gaston Leroux's novel, "The Phantom of the Opera" #France https://t.co/wzO93pQlRg

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#LiviaDrusilla died #OnThisDay in 29 CE; the wife of Augustus Caesar, #Livia was depicted as a murderous dragon lady in "#IClaudius," one of the greatest historical dramas ever broadcast on TV in a brilliant performance by #SiânPhillips... https://t.co/BumtvnjD3S https://t.co/uHGqzWqleI

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#UncleVanya is on WLIW4/All-Arts & Ian Rickson's 2020 production of #AntonChekov's tragicomedy features superb performances by a cast led by Toby Jones & Richard Armitage which bring out all the humor & the poignancy of a play as great as "Cherry Orchard": https://t.co/Clgv3EJD4K https://t.co/wpI4N8iOpE

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#HenrikIbsen was born in Telemark #OnThisDay in 1828; #Norway's best known cultural figure, Ibsen is often called the 'Father of Realism' & his plays are more often performed than those of any playwright other than William Shakespeare... #Norge https://t.co/KcnZhU8CK5 https://t.co/EewCX3zDti