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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20070710
Author:PAUL TAYLOR

In The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, there's a neatly damning definition of immortality: "A toy which people cry for,/And on their knees apply for,/Dispute, contend, and lie for,/And if allowed/ Would be right proud/Eternally to die for". This verse popped into my head during The Future. Andrew Harrison's first play imagines a not-too-distant world in which a biotech company has invented a drug that arrests ageing. For those who can afford it, Senexate offers the dubious gift of unending existence.

The piece progresses in four-year jumps as it charts, through a sequence of dinner ...

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