The Anarchist
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| First performance | 2012 |
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| Playwright | David Mamet |
| Genres | Drama |
| Setting | Prison parole review office |
| Place premiered | Broadway |
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| ID | 2318444 |
About The Anarchist
The Anarchist is a two-person 2012 play by David Mamet that opened in New York on Broadway and starred Patti LuPone and Debra Winger.
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Ben John: Judge pleased by extremist's progress with classic novels
... Ben John, 21, was convicted of having a copy of The Anarchist Cookbook on a computer hard drive...
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Ben John: Judge pleased by extremist's progress with classic novels
A Man told by a judge to read classic literature after being convicted of possessing a bomb-making manual has apparently made " encouraging" progress.
Ben John, 21, was convicted of having a copy of The Anarchist Cookbook on a computer Hard Drive .
He was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years.
At the sentencing hearing, Judge Timothy Spencer QC asked him to read classic literature and said he would test him on this at review hearings.
At The First review hearing, held at Leicester Crown Court , The Judge asked John, from Lincoln, to write down a list of The Books he had read.
After reading The List , The Judge asked: " And is what you have read of more satisfaction to you than some of The Material we heard about in front of The Jury ? "
He replied: " I enjoyed Shakespeare More Than Jane Austen , but I still enjoyed Jane Austen to a degree. "
The Judge replied: " Well I find that encouraging. "
The Judge also referred to a report that had been written about John on 30 December.
He Said : " It is a largely positive and encouraging report. It is clear that you have tried hard to sort your life out, and part of that has been your efforts to find and keep a job.
" It is equally clear that the glare of publicity that this case has attracted has hampered your rehabilitation. "
The Judge said he found one area of concern in The Report , which was on page two in paragraphs six and seven. However, he did not say what was in these paragraphs.
" That part of The Report does disappoint me and I do not expect to see any similar conduct in your future reports, " The Judge said.
Source of news: bbc.com
