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...that Mary Saunderson (pictured) played several female Shakespearean characters previously portrayed only by men, including Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Ophelia in Hamlet?
...that Louise Pitre, a Tony Award-nominated musical theatre actress, was turned down after auditioning for the role of Josephine in the London musical Napoleon?
...that Belarus Free Theatre is an underground theatre project created to oppose Belarusian government pressure and censorship?

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