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But even though the idea of a cultural pilgrimage to Europe has faded, Michael Gow's portrayal of a besotted young Aussie's love affair with the Old World still makes us wince, says director James Beach. Gow's two-hander, Europe , captures something about the national character that hasn't changed much over the years since it was written, Beach believes.

First performed in , Europe examines the relationship between the New and Old Worlds through the lens of an affair between a naive Australian guy, Douglas, and an older, more sophisticated and seemingly world-weary European actress called Barbara. They hooked up while Barbara was on tour in Australia and as far as she is concerned, that was it.

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But for the besotted Douglas, the lure of Barbara and the idea of Europe is too strong. He follows her home and turns up a year later, unannounced, in her dressing room.

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It operates at the personal level but the scope of the play is much bigger than that. It's concerned with history and what Europe means to Australians and what we mean - if anything - to Europe.

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When Gow wrote Europe , the notion of a "cultural cringe" affecting the national psyche was still current. It may seem alien to Generation Y, says Beach, but you only have to look at a holidaying friend's Instagram feed to see its echoes.

Actor Andrew Henry plays Douglas and says he knows exactly what the poor guy is going through. I was like this wounded little foal wandering around in a fog with this relationship on my mind and James handed me this. Playing Douglas is like I'm living out my own twisted little fantasy.

Did I win the Lotto? Reynolds—who has maintained that he had phone sex but never intercourse with Heard—had nothing to say after the verdict, but his lawyer promised an appeal. The son of the Rev.

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While attending the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, he won a Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford in In , he was elected to Congress. It was during that same campaign, though, that Reynolds met Heard. Then 16, she was outside a high school in her South Chicago neighborhood, she testified in court, when Reynolds pulled up in his black Cadillac.

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Soon afterward, Heard testified, Reynolds invited her to dinner, when he stressed to her the importance of education. Less than a week later, they began a secret, wide-ranging sexual relationship.

Heard says she did enjoy the nonsexual aspects of their relationship: Reynolds and his wife, Marisol, also have 2-year-old twins, Marisol and Melvin Jr.