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Hamlet
(Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
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R585
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is widely considered
Shakespeare's greatest play. Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of
his father, who tells him that Hamlet's uncle and mother conspired
to poison him. Knowing that his uncle, who now sits upon the
throne, and his mother, who has married his uncle and is now his
queen, have murdered his father, Hamlet sets out to avenge his
father's death and set things to right. But his plan could destroy
the entire realm. To be, or not to be-that is the question: Whether
'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And
by opposing end them. To die-to sleep- No more; and by a sleep to
say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
Follow the yellow brick road in this delightful stage adaptation of
L. Frank Baum's beloved tale, featuring the iconic musical score
from the MGM film. The timeless tale, in which young Dorothy Gale
travels from Kansas over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz,
continues to thrill audiences worldwide. Professional Artwork
Available for Your Production of The Wizard of Oz (R.S.C. 1987)!
Concord Theatricals has collaborated with Subplot Studio to create
high-quality artwork that complies with your license. Promoting
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There are two full-length versions of The Wizard of Oz: MUNY and
RSC. Both include the songs "Over The Rainbow," "Munchkinland (Ding
Dong! The Witch Is Dead)," "If I Only Had A Brain/A Heart/The
Nerve," "We're Off To See The Wizard (Follow The Yellow Brick
Road)," "The Jitterbug," and "The Merry Old Land of Oz." The MUNY
version also has "Evening Star." The RSC version also includes
"Poppies (Optimistic Voices)" and "If I Were King Of The Forest."
This RSC version is a more faithful adaptation of the film. A more
technically complex production, it recreates the dialogue and
structure of the MGM classic nearly scene for scene, though it is
adapted for live stage performance. The RSC version's musical
material also provides more work for the SATB chorus and small
vocal ensembles. The MUNY Version is more theatrically
conservative, employing its stage, actors, singers, dancers, and
musicians in traditional ways. Using L. Frank Baum's book - and not
the MGM film - as its inspiration, this version employs story and
songs as elements of a classic stage musical, adding a bit more
humor to the witch and her cronies. The MUNY version does not
include Toto, but instead adds new characters, including: Farmhand
Joe, Gloria of Oz, Lord Growlie, Tibia (the witch's skeletal
assistant), two comical neighboring witches, and the Royal Army of
Oz.
![Peculiar People (Hardcover): S Wilbur](//media.loot.co.za/images/x80/5697633745210179215.jpg) |
Peculiar People
(Hardcover)
S Wilbur; Edited by B. J. Harris
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R733
R646
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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
"The Pleasures of Structure "starts from the premise that the
ability to develop a well understood and articulated story
structure is the most important skill a screenwriter can develop.
For example, good structure requires a great premise and rigorous
character development. Without clear character motivations and
goals--which are themselves indicative of key structural
beats--your story is going exactly nowhere. Using the simple and
flexible 'W' model of screenplay structure developed in the prequel
"Write What You Don't Know," Hoxter sets this out as its starting
point. This model is tested against a range of examples which are
chosen to explore the flexibility not only of that model but of
movie storytelling more generally. Writers and students often worry
that they are asked to work 'to formula'. This book will test that
formula to breaking point. For example, the first case study will
offer the example of a well written, professional, mainstream movie
against which our later and more adventurous examples can be
compared. So the lessons we learn examining the animated family
adventure movie "How To Train Your Dragon "lead us directly to ask
questions of our second case study, the acclaimed Swedish vampire
movie "Lat den Ratte Komma In "("Let The Right One In"). Both
movies have protagonists with the same basic problem, the same
goal, and they use the same basic structure to tell their stories.
Of course they are very different films and they work on their
audiences in very different ways. Our linked case studies will
expose how simple choices, like reversing the order of elements of
the protagonist's transformational arc and shifting ownership of
key story beats, has an enormous impact on how we respond to a
structural model that is otherwise functionally identical.
![Hamlet (Hardcover): William Shakespeare](//media.loot.co.za/images/x80/173553162353179215.jpg) |
Hamlet
(Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
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R476
Discovery Miles 4 760
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This revised Student Edition includes an introduction by Bess
Rowen, Visiting Assistant Professor at Villanova University, US,
which looks in particular at the play's treatment of rape,
vulnerable people, mental institutions (especially in connection to
Williams's own family), sexuality and sexual desire. A Streetcar
Named Desire shows a turbulent confrontation between traditional
values in the American South - an old-world graciousness and beauty
running decoratively to seed - set against the rough-edged,
aggressive materialism of the new world. Through the vividly
characterised figures of Southern belle Blanche Dubois, seeking
refuge from physical ugliness in decayed gentility, and her brutal
brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, Tennessee Williams dramatises his
sense of the South's past as still active and often destructive in
modern America. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly
annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and
classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of the play
itself, this volume contains: * A chronology of the play and the
playwright's life and work * An introductory discussion of the
social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play
was originally conceived and created * A succinct overview of the
creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of
the piece * An analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major
themes and specific issues addressed by the text * A bibliography
of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study
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Expert Witness
(Paperback)
Edmund M Strong
bundle available
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R503
R460
Discovery Miles 4 600
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Fortune's Fool Here is William Shakespeare's brilliant play the
Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona during a feud between
the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo, a Montague, falls
desperately in love with Juliet, a Capulet, and the two secretly
marry. Lyrical and poignant, this immortal play of star-crossed
lovers will stay with you long after the play ends. 'Tis but thy
name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor
any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name What's in
a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as
sweet.
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests
have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal and a
secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for
murder. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the
mainland, the bloodbath begins and one by one they are brutally
murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme.
In writing the stage version of her most successful and darkest
novels during the Second World War, Agatha Christie responded to
the mood of the times by introducing a more positive ending. The
play was a smash hit in the West End and on Broadway. The alternate
version of the play's ending, drawn from the novel and using
entirely Agatha Christie's own words, is now available in this
updated edition
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