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| | French culture performing arts Hugo: Man Who Laughs, Neon Theater March 2002 |
 | | Set in 1682, LE NEON¹s The Man Who Laughs is an original adaptation of Victor Hugo¹s poignant tale of Gwynplaine, a disfigured boy who, at the age of two, had a laughing mask carved in his face by fairground buffoons. |
 | | Gwynplaine falls in love with Dea, but soon finds out that he is the son of a Lord, and is plucked from his grim world and whisked away to the House of Lords, embarking on a journey of temptation, political education, revelation, and sorrow. |
 | | LE NEON has been invited by the National Delegation of the Alliances Françaises in Washington, D.C. to perform The Man Who Laughs at its branches all over the United States and Canada, including: Atlanta, New York, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Toronto, Denver, and Puerto Rico. |
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