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The headline of the article is “RSC's Matilda: the Musical a hit on Broadway”.

The article is from а newspaper under the nameplate The Guardian.

The article is written by Matt Trueman on 12 April.

The article is devoted to the success of Matilda’s production, the Musical a hit on Broadway.

The purpose of the author is to give the reader some information on The Royal Shakespeare Company's production – its first Broadway premiere in 15 years,  became the most satisfying and subversive musical ever to have come out of Britain.

The author starts by telling the reader that Matilda: the Musical, winner of a record-breaking seven Olivier awards in London, has opened to huge acclaim on Broadway, assuring the show of at least two further international productions. Later the author gives different views on this musical such as, for example, the words of RSC Artistic director Greg Doran about the fact that there’s something universal in the story. It is about imagination and how words can inspire imagination and it's about how it's OK to be clever. In conclusion, the author puts an accent on the huge salary of tickets on this musical and it is 250,000 tickets.

I found the article interesting and useful as it’s interesting to know what happens in the world. I like to visit the theatre performances, and especially if it concerns the musicals. This article makes me be curious about the fact what this play is about.

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The headline of the article is Shakespeare scholars unite to see off claims of the 'Bard deniers'.

The article is from а newspaper under the nameplate the Guardian.

The publication date of the article is March, 30.

 The article is written by Dalya Alberge.

The basic subject matter of the script is discussions on the matter of Shakespeare’s authorship.

The author starts by telling the reader that a group of 22 of the world's leading Shakespeare scholars have come together to produce a book that details what they consider to be definitive evidence that the Bard really did write his own plays.Three eminent experts on Bacon, Oxford and Marlowe are among the Shakespeareans who demonstrate in a series of essays precisely why only Shakespeare could have written his plays and poems, apart from his collaborations. Cambridge University Press will publish Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy on 18 April, days before the Shakespeare birthday celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon on 20-21 April. The publication – which they say will be scholarly, but accessible for general readers – is co-edited by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells, noted scholars from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the academic charity. There are many opinions and views on the publication of this book as it will contain different points of view in one volume. Later the author gives the reader some information about Shakespeare’s personality by different critics and Shakespeare’s followers.

I found the article interesting and important for reading as it’s an actual topic today. We don’t know exactly who Shakespeare was and if he was a real person or just it was anonym for us! But I think nobody assert precisely who he was. It will remain an everlasting secret for us!

Individual Reading Chapters 17 - 30

Having just moved to Paris, the narrator pays a visit to the studio of his old friend Dirk Strove. Strove’s pictures are not masterpieces but just funny paintings. His wife Blanche tells how good they are. To change the subject of their conversation, the main character asks Dirk if he knows Charles Strickland. Dirk is surprised to hear that Crabbe also knows this man and says that Strickland is certainly an artistic genius. Then the narrator and Dirk meet Charles at the same restaurant as some time Crabbe met him 5 years ago. Mr Strickland looks not so well, he continues to make paintings but he doesn't try to sell them to get long shillings and food, and the comfortable conditions for living. After their meeting Charles disappears and Dirk starts to worry about him in spie of the fact that Strickland doesn't want to hear anything from him. Meanwhile, the main character and Strove find him very ill in his little room. Strove makes a decision on taking Charles to his studio to carry about him but Blanche can't hear it but then she agrees. When  Strickland becomes better, Dirk offers him to paint in his workshop together but Charles, in his turn, doesn't wish to share the room with anybody and shases away Strove. The hero of the story doesn't understand why Strove lets Charles to treat with him such insolent way. One week later everything is  found out. Strove comes to Crabbe and informs him about Blanche's leaving from him with Strickland. The narrator is amazed after hearing such news and knows that Strove has left  them himself in his studio as he can't imagine how his beloved will suffer without comfortable conditions.

Individual reading Chapters 4-16

The narrator wants to have a meeting with Mrs Strickland after the conversation with Rose Waterford. The main character make friends with Mrs Stricland and visits her periodically. The hero of the story considers that the Stricklands are an ideal family. Afterwards he meets Rose Waterford who excitedly tells him that Charles Strickland has left his wife and she  hints that Strickland has run off with a young woman. The narrator  comes to see with Mrs Strickland who is upset with the happening events and in her turn she asks the hero of the story to go to Paris and  bring back her husband by any ways. The main character sees with Charles Strickland in Paris and knows that he has no any woman, he simply wants to be engaged in art and paint. After long talks and persuasions the narrator understands that Charles is an egoist and comes back to England without him. Mrs Strickland becomes angry with Mr Srickland after knowing that he has left her because of art and his passion to paint as he has no talent in it and his pictures make laugh everybody.