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The Jungle Book
1894 children's book by Rudyard Kipling
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The Jungle Book is an 1894 collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Most stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seeonee" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
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🇺🇸 National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Eyes Bollywood Talent, India Expansion — and Brings Ayesha Dharker Full Circle in ‘The Jungle Book’When Indhu Rubasingham brought Shabana Azmi to the National Theatre stage in 2000 for Tanika Gupta’s play “The Waiting Room,” the institution was caug...
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🇺🇸 ‘The Jungle Book’ at London’s National Theatre Casts Olivier Winner Hiran Abeysekera as Mowgli (EXCLUSIVE)Olivier Award winner Hiran Abeysekera will play Mowgli in a new stage adaptation of “The Jungle Book” at London’s National Theatre, with “The Father a...
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