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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

An Innovative Autism-Friendly Theater Initiative Is Happening Soon

Posted 04.25.2013 | Arts
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Oftentimes audience members using electronic devices, making loud noises, or freely entering and exiting the theater during a performance are consider...

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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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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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