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Heinz-Uwe Haus and theatre making in Cyprus and Greece
Edited by Heinz-Uwe Haus and Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe
Cambridge Scholars Publishing £68.99
HEINZ-UWE HAUS is the East German theatre director credited with kick-starting the National Theatre of Cyprus through a series of popular productions of Brecht and ancient Greek classics in the mid-70s.
It is a poisoned legacy.
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