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  • Act Four will be like the death of Mimi at the end of La Bohème, or like a reworked version of the liebestod of Tristan and Isolde, but with Jade's beloved Jack Tweed unable to expire on her corpse because the police have to take him back to jail to finish his sentence for hitting someone with a golf club.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • Act Four will be like the death of Mimi at the end of La Bohème, or like a reworked version of the liebestod of Tristan and Isolde, but with Jade's beloved Jack Tweed unable to expire on her corpse because the police have to take him back to jail to finish his sentence for hitting someone with a golf club.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • Suddenly the studio orchestra strikes up a jazz liebestod from Tristan.

    Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8

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