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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
George Bernard Shaw--Arms and the Man--complete play--Gutenberg Project
My brother did English Honors at Rangoon Univ, so he often mentioned plays like this one.
On the other hand I did Economics General Honors, a B.A., and then an M.A.soas I told Saya Myo Min once
"I can read English on my own," I am now having to educate myself.
But in honor of our mutual mentor, Raymond Aldam of the British Council, I continue to read avidly now.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3618/3618-h/3618-h.htm#:~:text=Crampton%2C%20the%20father%2C%20typifies%20the,M.
A play that Raymond Adlam as well as Miss Quayle, also on the British Council acted in c. 1958 after my father had passed away,was staged in the small church near Prof.Luce's Home for Waifs and Strays near the Inya Road entrance of Rangoon Univ. I think Daw Tee Tee Luce's brother U Pe Maung Tin also lived on that short wooded lane.
In honor of all of them, I am going to dedicate my still unpublished play Shaman,which is also about Identity and was a Pew Finalist Sc
Aeneas--wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas
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Directed by Miloš Forman Screenplay by Peter Shaffer Based on Amadeus by Peter Shaffer Mozart and Salieri by Alexander Pus...
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