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Simon McBurney
The actor and director discusses his play The Encounter, which premieres in Edinburgh.
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    Simon McBurney
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    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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    Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  4. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
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    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
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    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
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    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
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  9. George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side
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  11. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
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    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
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