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WordTheatre at Chatsworth House in England
July 11, 2012 @ The private theatre of the 12th Duke of Devonshire
 Rebecca Hobbs |
 Alastair Mackenzie |
 Damien Molony |
 Guy Paul |
 John Schwab |
 David Soul |
 Stephen Tobolowsky |
 Harriet Walter |
Returning to Chatsworth for the second year, WordTheatre presented great actors performing world class stories in the private theatre of the 12th Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, one of England’s most impressive country homes.
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Rebecca Hobbs (The Ugly, Siam Sunset) read "The Book" by Ben Loory
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Alastair Mackenzie (Monarch of the Glen) read "Crazy Glue" by Etgar Keret
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Harriet Walter (Babel) read "Comma" by Hillary Mantel
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Guy Paul (Mary Stuart, Broadway) read “The Tablecloth of Turin” by Ron Carlson
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Damien Molony (Being Human) read “St. Dismas” by Dan Chaon
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David Soul (The original Starsky and Hutch) read “Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias Wolff
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“My Insignificant Year” written and read by Stephen Tobolowsky
Location
The private theatre of the 12th Duke of DevonshireChatsworth Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK