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First Nighter: Rowan Atkinson, Helen Mirren, Terrific Others Occupy London-Theater Hot Seats

David Finkle | Posted 05.05.2013 | Arts
Read More: " Harold Pinter, Ron Cook, Gilles Taylor, " Wyndham's, Labor Party, "The Queen, " Donmar Warehouse, Mark Haddon, James Graham, "Trelawny of the Wells, Ron Hutchinson, Simon Gray, Tory Party, Apollo Theatre, "This House, Mike Noble, "Port, Simon Stephens, Helen Mirren, Queen Elizabeth II, Stockport, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, " Sadler's Wells, Marianne Elliott, Jack Deam, Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, Adolf Hitler, Patrick Marber, Wilhelm Voigt, " Antony Sher, Richard Eyre, Andrew Havill, " "Anna Karenina, "Old Times, House of Commons, Cambridge, Calum Callaghan, Adrian Noble, "The Audience, "Quartermaine's Terms, Bertolt Brecht, " Carl Zuckermayer, Liz White, Arthur Wing Pinero, " Peter Morgan, National's Cottelsloe, " National's Olivier, Rowan Atkinson, " Kate O'Flynn, "The Captain of Kopenick, Joshua Silver, Harold Wilson, " Rufus Sewell, Joe Wright, "Warhorse, "Atonement, Amy Morgan, Arts News
David Finkle

Due to one of those odd coincidences, theater at the moment seems to be about chairs. Rowan Atkinson sits in a relatively comfy one throughout the flawless revival of Simon Gray's Quartermaine's Terms, at Wyndham's.

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He's Back

Posted 06.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Harvey Jim Parsons, Rock of Ages, Mark Haddon the Red House, Hot Chip, Flag Day 2012, Rock of Ages Film, Slideexpand, Flag Day, Harvey Roundabout Theatre, Mark Haddon, Culture, Culture News, Hot Chip in Our Heads, Culture Forecast, Harvey, The Red House, On Our Radar, Home News

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The Book We're Talking About This Week

Posted 06.11.2012 | Books
Read More: Book Recommendations, Book We're Talking About, Red House Mark Haddon, Literary Fiction, Book Reviews, New Books, Book We're Talking About This Week, Big Books, Mark Haddon, Red House, Bwta, Books News

"The Red House" by Mark Haddon Doubleday, $25.95 Published on June 12, 2012 What is it about? The novel tells the story of a family through ...

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When Popular Novels Perpetuate Negative Stereotypes: Mark Haddon, Asperger's and Irresponsible Fiction

Greg Olear | Posted 01.18.2012 | Books
Read More: Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Negative Stereotypes, Parents, Asperger's, Mark Haddon, Parents-Dads, Books News
Greg Olear

I don't begrudge Mark Haddon his freedom of speech. What I find objectionable is that he seems unaware of, or, worse, indifferent toward, the fact that he has made both his name and his fortune exploiting the Asperger's community, my son included.

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Autism Awareness Month: 9 Poignant Books (PHOTOS)

Posted 06.17.2011 | Books
Read More: Jenny McCarthy, Autism Awareness, Autism Memoirs, Temple Grandin, Autism, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, National Autism Awareness Month, Slidepollajax, Mark Haddon, Books News

It's a world that has fascinated so many: the closed universe of the autistic person. Are they thinking? What are they seeing? How are they experienci...

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The Curious Incident of a US Extradition in the Night-Time

Denis Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Peter Gabriel, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Edward Fitzgerald, EU Court of HUman Rights, Nasa, Natwest 3, UK Extradition Act, David Blunkett, Sting, Ed Gibson, David GIlmour, Clark McClelland, Cyber Terrorism, Mark Haddon, Kevin Anderson, Gary McKinnon, Csn, Graham Nash, Pentagon, Dustin Hoffman, Aspergers-Syndrome, Dan Ackroyd, Peter Howson, The Guardian, UK House of Lords, Microsoft, Kaim Todner, The Rest of the Story, Rain Man, Federal Prosecutors, 7-7 Tube Bombings, Bush Administration, Karen Todner, Paul Harvey, War Games, Home Secretary, Scott Christie, Pink Floyd, UFO Obsession, Janis Sharp, Qc, World News
Denis Campbell

In many ways Gary's disease reveals an intellectually and emotionally na�ve child locked in a man's body. There his mind is both his biggest friend and greatest enemy.

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