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| Raffles - the man, the musical |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Monday, 26 July 2010 10:55 |
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Statesman, visionary and zoologist, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles is best known in the Far East for his founding of the city of Singapore. In London, he founded London Zoo in 1826 and was the first president of the London Zoological Society. Often described as the ‘Father of Singapore’, he was heavily involved in the conquest of the Indonesian island of Java removing it from the control of the Dutch and French military forces during the Napoleonic Wars and contributing immensely to the expansion of the British Empire. However, Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore in 1819 without permission of the East India Company and was later financially broken by the company for his pains. This unique, moving, rags to riches to rags story with some haunting yet uplifting melodies will delight audiences of all ages, proving that Raffles’ stoic resolve and love of his wife win through so that he achieves a moral victory to allow a bitter-sweet ending. Thus he is in the eyes of many, man, lover & hero! |
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