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kanata theatre
A A society society scandal in Victorian London
involves involves the the essayist essayist Ruskin, Ruskin, his his wife
wife
Effie, Effie, and and the artist Millais.
Play runs Nov. 11 to 15 & Nov. 18 to 22.
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Dec. 27 to 30 2:00 p.m. $8.00
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Dec. 27 & 29 7:00 p.m. $10.00
November/December 2008 • Ottawa 20 • Fifty-Five Plus Magazine
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