{"id":1332,"date":"2018-03-27T18:08:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1332"},"modified":"2018-03-30T17:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:36:45","slug":"the-comedians-a-novel-of-political-suppression-and-terror","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1332","title":{"rendered":"The Comedians – A Novel of Political Suppression and Terror"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creina Mansfield & Martin Jervis<\/p>\n

Please note: it has come to our attention that in an early version of our brochure the date of this dayschool\u00a0was erroneously given as June 2nd, the correct date is as here and in the later brochure: Saturday<\/span>, 23rd June.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Technicians of Terror: The Dreaded Ton Tons Macoutes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Published in 1966, Graham Greene’s novel,\u00a0The Comedians,\u00a0<\/em>starkly reveals the state of permanent terror exercised by the ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier regime. Greene describes the parlous state of Haiti, by placing his protagonists, Smith, Jones and Brown, into this political cauldron. He also accurately delineates the lethal absurdities of the situation…<\/p>\n

Lecture One<\/strong>: Haiti: Living under the Shadow of America (MJ)
\nLecture Two<\/strong>: Graham Greene’s Haiti (CM)
\nLecture Three<\/strong>: Papa Doc and the Ton Tons Macoutes (MJ)
\nLecture Four<\/strong>: The Comedians<\/em>: A tale of Terror (CM)<\/p>\n

Dayschool<\/b>:\u00a0Saturday, \u00a023rd June 2018\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Time<\/b>: 10am\u2013 4pm<\/p>\n

Venue<\/b>:
\nCross Street Chapel
\n<\/a>Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/b><\/td>\nConcessions<\/b><\/td>\nMinimum No.<\/b><\/td>\nMaximum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a340<\/td>\n<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

To book, complete the\u00a0MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with cheque payment to
\nCreina Mansfield, Beech Court, Beech Hall Drive, Macclesfield, SK10 2EF.\u00a0creina.m@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Creina Mansfield & Martin Jervis Please note: it has come to our attention that in an early version of our brochure the date of this dayschool\u00a0was erroneously given as June 2nd, the correct date is as here and in the later brochure: Saturday, 23rd June. Published in 1966, Graham Greene’s novel,\u00a0The Comedians,\u00a0starkly reveals the state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1332","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1332\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}