The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1581 Thursday, 22 September 2005
[1] From: Cheryl Newton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 20 Sep 2005 16:33:25 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1567 A Muslim Hamlet
[2] From: Maijan H Al-Ruwaili <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 20 Sep 2005 23:49:19 +0300
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1567 A Muslim Hamlet
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From: Cheryl Newton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 20 Sep 2005 16:33:25 -0400
Subject: 16.1567 A Muslim Hamlet
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1567 A Muslim Hamlet
The only thing I've read in the newspaper so far was that an actor
knocked over a burning candle. "An investigation is underway."
Interestingly, the production was not identified as Hamlet.
Cheryl Newton
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From: Maijan H Al-Ruwaili <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 20 Sep 2005 23:49:19 +0300
Subject: 16.1567 A Muslim Hamlet
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1567 A Muslim Hamlet
Larry Weiss <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>wrote:
>I assume there was an investigation of the cause of the fire. What
>result?
All news blamed the incident on a candle flame that fell on the carpet.
In my earlier post I said few died; now the death toll stands at 43.
What a tragedy!
As the New York times of Sept. 6 had it,
BENI SUEF, Egypt, Sept 6 (Reuters) - A candle fell over and set fire to
a crowded theatre in the south Egyptian town of Beni Suef on Monday
night, killing 31 people and seriously burning 16 others, police and
hospital sources said on Tuesday.
The candle, a prop in the play "Hamlet" at an experimental theatre
festival in the town 100 km (60 miles) south of Cairo, set fire to
carpeting and spread rapidly to the rest of the building, survivors of
the blaze said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/international/africa/06egypt.html?ex=11272
75200&en=a3e3c139b22ea317&ei=5070
Maijan
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