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Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh ...the author of "Trainspotting," "The Acid House," and other not-so-cheery tales of urban Scottish & English youth...has just premiered his first play in Leeds, England. It's an equally not-so-cheery tale about kidnapping and torture. The middle-aged British critics have blasted it...but it's drawing crowds of young people who might otherwise not go to the theatre. Matt Cowan reports.

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Irvine Welsh ...the author of "Trainspotting," "The Acid House," and other not-so-cheery tales of urban Scottish & English youth...has just premiered his first play in Leeds, England. It's an equally not-so-cheery tale about kidnapping and torture. The middle-aged British critics have blasted it...but it's drawing crowds of young people who might otherwise not go to the theatre. Matt Cowan reports.