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Enron on the Stage Enjoys Ironic Timing

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“[It was] crudely beneficial for us.”

~ Lucy Prebble, playwright, on the timing of the economic collapse and “Enron,” her play set to open in New York next week.

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