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Napoleon, Spukt, and Cole in Chicago at Oobleck

Juan Cole 11/08/2007

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Theater Oobleck presents a conversation with Juan Cole of the “Informed Comment” blog and Chuck Mertz of the This is Hell radio program, to follow our 2pm Sunday performance of Spukt.

They will be talking about Juan’s new book, “Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East,” which is indeed the very subject of Oobleck’s new musical extravaganza, Spukt!

Books will be available at a discounted rate.

For more on the play, check out this excellent preview article from the Pioneer Press.

at The Viaduct
3111 N. Western Avenue
Chicago, IL

$12 suggested donation,
more if you got it,
free if you’re broke.

Please make reservations

by replying to oobleck a_t_ theateroobleck d o t com, or if it’s less than 24 hours before the show,
by phone at 773-347-1041.

More on Oobleck at theateroobleck.com

And one last note: if you got any pals in Portland, Oregon, let them know that the Oobleck hit

Spirits to Enforce

is being revived through November 17 by the

Blue Stockings Theater Company.

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About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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