Posted AT 3:45 AM EST on 11/11/08
All at sea on a foreign shore
BASHIR LAZHAR
Written by Evelyne de la Chenelière
Translated by Morwyn Brebner
Directed by Jennifer Tarver
Starring Raoul Bhaneja
At Tarragon Theatre in Toronto
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Bashir Lazhar, the Algerian refugee at the centre of Evelyne de la Chenelière's one-man play of the same name, has escaped violence in his homeland.
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