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Welcome

Drama Around the Globe features original plays and potential films, plus theatre-related articles, interviews and reviews, as well as poems, stories, and books. The term “drama” applies to a wide range of writing, including the psycho-social and political drama around the globe. 
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Maerten van Heemskerck, Self-portrait with Colosseum in Rome, 31 Dec. 1553

News

NO GOODBYES: Open letter to Naava Piatka (1952-2009)​
Dr. Eger: From flunking English to English professor by F. Mastroianni.
Poetic Justice?: America's Cultural Melting Pot
​Collectively, we live in a period of drastic change and reordering: Way Out 
​The Way Out: New life at Laurel Hill Cemetery w/ an all-female cast 
When the singing stops on Christmas Eve in bombed-out Europe.
​► My ART & ANTIQUES for sale. Scroll to the last section below.

Articles
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Fritz Kraul, Writer at work.
Books
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Nino Orlandi. Wooden book sculpture
Dramas
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Ancient mosaic of Greek masks

Essays

Films

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Jan Ekels, Writer at his desk, 1784
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One of the earliest movie frames
German
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Otto Dix, To Beauty, 1922

Interviews
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Interview, published by Apollo Magazine.
Poems
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Albrecht Dürer, St. John, Woodcut (1471–1528).
Reviews
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, contemporary woodcut.

Satires

Stories
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Satire of Trump as Napoleon, orig. by
Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)
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Henrik & Gritt Eger. Photo by Alf Eger (Feb. 1944)
Workshops

Editor's Desk

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James Ensor, 1860-1949. Masks (1938)
If you need effective interactive workshops for your group, check out this section. As one of the most widely invited guest speakers, I can also create special presentations or workshops for your organization: 
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Academic, International, Practical, and Professional. 
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Part of my office desk. Photo: Cathy Bautista, 2018
WELCOME to my latest publications. Editor's Desk goes back many years. Most come with additional illustrations. ​Click the photo above, enjoy the journey, and get in touch.  

Translations

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Translators got the whole world in their hands

Art & Antiques

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Buy my ANTIQUES for way below market value. To see all of them, click the photo above, then click “More ads by this user" below the map on the right. 
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Tower Of Babel
by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563).
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Update: December 30, 2020.
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