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What lies at the heart of the sectarian violence in Iraq is not so much religious dispute as it is a very secular competition for power and prominence in the new Iraq. Iraq is not all that different from Northern Ireland or Bosnia, where religion paraded as ethnicity and became a vehicle for communal rivalries. In the vacuum of power left by the fall of Saddam Hussein, the game of numbers has favored Shi'as, who are 60% of the population. It is for this reason that they wholeheartedly embraced democracy. Disgruntled Sunnis, on the other hand, vested their fortunes...
...appeal was something she wanted to emphasize—to The Crimson, to the actors, and to the eventual audience. “It’s very sexy, very racy, very funny, very violent,” she says. Though it is set some 100 years ago in Ireland, Spillane-Hinks wants it to have a modern, accessible feel and planned to use “non-traditional casting” in order to find the best actors regardless of their race.It was this unique combination of artistry, scholarship, experience, and openness that Spillane-Hinks, a veteran who knew...
...immediate pressure, Spillane-Hinks maintains a strict professionalism throughout the process. By the final night of Common Casting, she manages to boil down her play’s selling points into one concise sentence: "It happens to take place 100 years ago and it happens to take place in Ireland, but it could take place in Iowa and it could take place on the stage of Jerry Springer...
...disguised autobiography, reads like a screenplay—but one that we have seen already. A talented attorney at one of London’s largest law firms, Williams has his life rattled by the appearance of a ne’er-do-well school friend from Ireland. Geordie literally shows up on Danny’s doorstep with ?50,000 in stolen money and intentions of staying with him long enough to avoid the Loyalist militia types who are after their money...
Perhaps you’re the first of your clan to matriculate here. Great! So, you can think of your great-great grandfather, back in the old country—be it Ireland, Romania, Pakistan, or Polynesia. Would he have ever guessed that his progeny would one day grace the Yard? Did he even know what the Yard was? Think of your grandmother—have you brought her unique mannerisms and quirks to Harvard? Think of your uncle—will he one day be able to say that his niece was in junior tutorial with a future...