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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the
perfect couple she watches through the train window every day,
happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the
woman she's been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she
finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling
mystery which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever
have anticipated.
"As with the commander of an army, so is it with the mistress of a
house". Isabella Beeton was only twenty three years old when she
penned these words in Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management,
first published in 1861. She could not have predicted how they
would resonate with the women of England, nor could she have
imagined how her name would become synonymous with culinary
expertise and domestic bliss for generations to come. Mrs Beeton
Says... is a charming and vibrant musical examining the life and
legacy of this extraordinary woman: a spirited journalist, a
tireless entrepreneur, and if not a perfect homemaker, then
certainly a queen of organization. In a world where a woman could
not vote, own a house, nor even ride a bicycle, Mrs Beeton's book
gave the women of England something they desperately wanted: a bit
of control.
Irascible author Algy Waterbridge is hard at work on his
thirty-third crime novel. While Algy's wife is getting more
forgetful, and his PA frequently oversteps the mark, the constant
interruptions come to a head with an unfortunate newspaper
interview. As Algy's fictional characters take over, the lines
between fiction and reality become blurred. A comedy of confusion
about a grumpy old man who might not be so grumpy after all.
Aeschylus' Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter
to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge
and counter-revenge. When he in turn is killed at the hands of his
wife Clytemnestra, their son Orestes takes up the mantle of
avenging his father, continuing the bloodshed until peace is
ultimately found in the rule of law. Zinnie Harris reimagines this
ancient drama, using a contemporary sensibility to rework the
stories, placing the women in the centre. Orestes' leading role is
replaced by his sister Electra, who as a young child witnesses her
father's murder and is compelled to take justice into her own hands
until she too must flee the Furies.
Aeschylus' Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter
to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge
and counter-revenge. When he in turn is killed at the hands of his
wife Clytemnestra, their son Orestes takes up the mantle of
avenging his father, continuing the bloodshed until peace is
ultimately found in the rule of law. Zinnie Harris reimagines this
ancient drama, using a contemporary sensibility to rework the
stories, placing the women in the centre. Orestes' leading role is
replaced by his sister Electra, who as a young child witnesses her
father's murder and is compelled to take justice into her own hands
until she too must flee the Furies.
Elspeth and Arthur are celebrating forty years of quiet, safe,
unspectacular, ordinary marriage. Or so most of the guests
attending their anniversary party are led to believe. But knowing
her and knowing him as they do, their son and daughter know
differently.
"Norfolk's bootiful. Miles of coastline, endless sea, endless sky.
So much space to dream big dreams. But... yeah: there's nowhere
round here to make those dreams come true". May runs a crumbling
caff on the end of Cromer Pier. Her delivery man Ken is losing
customers to Costa. Her head waiter Nemo is desperate to leave
Norfolk and tread the boards in London. Nemo's unrequited love Daz
is burying his head in the sand over his best mate leaving. Time
and Tide is an LGBTQ themed comedy drama about a Norfolk community
struggling with change. The play was long-listed for The Bruntwood,
Papatango and Verity Bargate Playwriting Prizes and was developed
on Park Theatre's Script Accelerator Programme 2018 before having
its world premiere at Park Theatre in February 2020.
"You western-backed goats, They forced us into slavery and killed
millions. Now they want us to accept the sinfulness of homos. It
shall not work." In 2014, Uganda passed an Anti-Homosexuality Act.
This short, startling play looks at what lies behind it. Caryl
Churchill's Pigs and Dogs is substantially based on material from
Boy Wives and Female Husbands by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe.
It premiered at the Royal Court in 2016.
In Here We Go, Churchill confronts the topic of ageing and death,
told in 3 separate sections. In the first part of the play, friends
gather at a funeral and discuss, without much feeling, the passing
of a friend. The second part is a monologue about the afterlife,
and in the third section, a dying man is dressed and undressed by a
loving caregiver. Contains roles for 3-8 characters.
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Hamlet
(Paperback)
William Shakespeare, Roy Blatchford, Julia Markus, Paul Jordan
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R592
Discovery Miles 5 920
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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Part of a series of Shakespeare editions, providing the complete
original text as well as support materials for teachers and pupils.
It features a National Curriculum study programme with activities
"before", "during" and "after" encountering the text. Opening
double page spreads for each act provide a synopsis of that act
and, where appropriate, photographs from productions. Notes are
given on left-hand pages, opposite the text.
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