His last foray into theatre was in 2004, when he directed the play A Second Hand Memory - about two generations of defeated dreamers in 1950s Brooklyn.

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The exact reasons are hard to pin down, but resistance to chemicals, more people travelling and an increase in second-hand furniture sales have all been thought to play a part.

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Al-Farouq Aminu had 12 points and 16 rebounds, and Austin Rivers had 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting, but did not play in the second half because of a right hand injury.

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There was good news for the World Cup hosts as Ramnaresh Sarwan returned to action after a hand injury with 27, but he had to play second fiddle to Samuels, who is now adding consistency to his undoubted natural talent and showed no sign of worry about an ongoing investigation into claims that he recently passed team information to a bookmaker in India.

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The play was like a clock, every word spoken was another tick of the second hand.

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And then, once the game gets out of hand and all you can think about is going home, you get to play the second half against a bunch of gung-ho second- and third-teamers who view knocking your tired body around as the highlight of their season.

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Morton made amends for that error when Wakefield upped the tempo early in the second half, the left winger being on hand to touch down from Daryl Millard's after Cooke had spread the play wide.

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