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The other side of Bob, the bully thief

Fourteen years after his death, a play at the New End Theatre may rehabilitate Robert Maxwell, writes Tom Foot
DID he jump? Did he fall? Was he pushed? For the many mugged by Robert Maxwell at The Mirror, the answer was not important. They were just glad he was gone.
Few historical figures have incited that taboo phenomenon: the celebration of death. But Maxwell did. One journalist wrote: “On a glorious Guy Fawkes day in 1991, Maxwell was found dead in the sea after falling off his yacht near the Canary Islands.”
Maxwell resurfaces at the New End Theatre in Lies Have Been Told thanks to his son in law, Dale Djerassi.
Djerassi – a Hollywood director and son of Carl, the man who invented the contraceptive pill – saw the play at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
He liked it so much that he bought a stake in the play and options on the film and television rights.
He is one of the few men on the planet to openly admit liking the man, and he believes, whatever your preconceptions of Maxwell, this one-man show will make you think again.
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