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How do I define myself by my leavings?
During: Played Rudge, the class dunce who brings the house down by declaring: "How do I define history?
For a rapidly growing number of Americans, it has reached almost a Cartesian question of existence: How do I define myself?
"How do I define history?" asks one of the grammar-school highfliers cramming for their Oxbridge exams in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys" (London's National Theatre production, now at the Broadhurst, under the superb direction of Nicholas Hytner).
But somehow it didn't seem right; Tovey was always going to be more convincing as sporty, plain-speaking Rudge, who is given the brilliant line: "How do I define history?
He is not alone, he said, in focusing on a question central to the project: "If I let go of my stuff, how do I define myself?" As Mr. Premo prepares to let go of his belongings, he does not quite know what oblivion will look like.
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