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The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen

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A collection of Duke Special's latest releases, presented in a lovely slipcase.
Each collection contains a copy of "Mother Courage and her Children", "Huckleberry Finn" EP and "The Silent World of Hector Mann.

“He can sing, he can play, he can arrange, and, in the old parlance, put over a song, and here he’s got some songs worthy of putting over. Investigate!"

- Word Magazine.
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A collection of Duke Special's latest releases, presented in a lovely slipcase and containing

Duke Special Presents The Songs From Mother Courage and her Children
An album of the music written and performed by Duke Special for Deborah Warner’s production of the Bertolt Brecht classic play, translated by Tony Kushner and staged at the National Theatre in London over two months in 2009 and starring Fiona Shaw.

Huckleberry Finn EP.
Duke Special’s own take on the unfinished musical by Kurt Weill that draws inspiration, and creation from the novel “Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. Duke is the first person ever to record this suite of songs.

The Silent World of Hector Mann.
This recording is a collection of songs inspired by Paul Auster’s Novel ‘The Book of Illusions’.
A book that largely centres on the main characters’ enlightenment into the world of Hector Mann and the silent movies he created. The CD contains 12 songs written by Duke Special and 11 of his friends, including Neil Hannon, Rea Curran and Ben Castle and was recorded by legendary producer Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, USA.