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From: Jerusalem Post
Date: 20060313
Author:Helen Kaye

Helen Kaye
Jerusalem Post
03-13-2006
Headline: Arts in brief
Byline: Helen Kaye
Edition; Daily
Section: Arts
Page: 24

Monday, March 13, 2006 -- Classic comedy at Center Stage

If it hadn't been for the encouragement of the great Doctor Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith's now classic comedy "She Stoops to Conquer" might never have seen a stage. As it turned out, even King George III came to see it on May 5, 1773.

Now the Hadassah Center Stage Theater is doing a spring production of "She Stoops," directed by Shannon Kisch. It's all about manners, muddles, mistakes and what happens one night when a couple of ...

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