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John Cage: National Theatre, London

Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 24 June 1978

THE LIGHTS went down in London's National Theatre and a bearded, slightly stooped guy in blue denims came on, sat at a lecture table and turned on the light so that he could read the script. A back projection screen snowed what looked like a faintly Japanese doodle.

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