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Pugilist Specialist ; Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe ... Some aspects of the plot of Pugilist Specialist, like the title itself, don't make a whole lot of sense, but also like the title, that isn't necessarily the point. The play's effect is more visceral than intellectual.
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www.culturewars.org.uk/edinburgh2003/war/pugilist.htm
www.culturewars.org.uk/edinburgh2003/war/pugilist.htm
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"Language!" Snapped or uttered as a cautionary admonishment -- but always as a complete sentence -- the word pulses with meanings in the Riot Group's "Pugilist Specialist." It's a mutually understood chill-out signal for the three Marine lieutenants gathered for a secret mission briefing, and a verbal weapon in...
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Since Pugilist Specialist was already performed in August 2003 at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, Shaplin must have written the play right at the beginning of the American occupation. (Saddam Hussein himself was captured by American troops only four months after the playÕs Edinburgh run).
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An Absorbing Production of Pugilist Specialist by the The Riot Group ... The Riot Group is making its United States debut with Adriano Shaplin’s award winning gripping play Pugilist Specialist.
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edited from PROMPT CORNER 01-02/2004 His Dark Materials / Pugilist Specialist / Honeymoon Suite / The Taming Of The Shrew / The Tamer Tamed / The Pirates Of Penzance Various venue...
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This year's offering, Pugilist Specialist (**** Pleasance), is an indictment of current American imperialism, especially in the Middle East, dramatised in the event of a four-person "black ops" assassination raid on a target who is clearly Saddam Hussein, though never named as such.
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; Pugilist Specialist heads to Swindon ... Pugilist Specialist, the latest spawn from the San Francisco based theatre collective The Riot Group. The Riot Group, famed for its controversial productions on contemporary events, is a four-actor assault on the US military mentality headed by the young American dramatist...
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www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/entertainment/theatre/pugilist_...
www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/entertainment/theatre/pugilist_specialist.shtml
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The Guardian, Wednesday 6 August 2003 12.10 BST ... The Riot Group: Edinburgh Fringe First Awards winners 1999. ... Somewhere in America, a political assassination is being planned. The target is an Arab leader with a very big moustache. The participants are a hand-picked trio lead by a fatherly, once-liberal colonel.
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The "Pugilist Specialist" poses many questions about today's military, but perhaps, at times, too many. The timeliness of "Pugilist" hits several raw nerves what with the United States military's continued presence in Iraq.
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