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HAVING recently played a megalomaniac billionaire and a genius inventor in the blockbusters Prometheus and Iron Man 3, Guy Pearce can pride himself on being a versatile sort.
James HOGG'S 19th century Scottish novel, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner, will be known to most Herald readers, despite the fact that the book was initially published anonymously, and was hugely neglected during Hogg's lifetime.
Much Ado About Nothing (12A)
Last week the Classic Cuts series at Oran Mor opened with Ben Jonson's Jacobean comedy, Volpone.
The go-ahead Scottish Ensemble, reviewed below at the end of their first Perth residency, has announced the shape of its new season, which includes a further four residencies, and a return to Perth at the end of April next year.
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