Highlights of the Paralympic Opening Ceremony

Thursday, 30 August 2012 9:33 AM

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The spectacular opening ceremony, narrated by Professor Stephen Hawking, followed the theme of Enlightenment.

The central character Miranda, one of the characters from Shakespeare’s The Tempest – guided by a Prospero character (Sir Ian McKellen)  – took a journey through time and the great discoveries that have changed our perceptions about the possibilities of the human mind and spirit and the physical universe.

 
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