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An Enemy of the People
(Paperback)
Henrik Ibsen; Adapted by Mirna Wabi-Sabi; Illustrated by Izabela Moreira
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R530
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Nerves
(Paperback)
Darren Callahan
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R217
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More Audio Drama is the second collection of plays by Neville
Teller, intended both for lovers of radio drama and for podcast
producers who specialise in audio drama. Neville is a veteran radio
dramatist, with more than 50 BBC radio plays under his belt and
scores more produced and broadcast across America by the San
Francisco-based Shoestring Radio Theatre. Back in 2019 he published
his first collection of ten radio plays, Audio Drama. They have
been so welcomed that he decided to make another ten available.
Here they are - 10 more of Neville's plays for radio and podcast,
all of which have been produced and broadcast. As in his first
book, these scripts are offered to podcast producers with no
strings attached. The books on which they are based are all
literary classics in the public domain. No performance rights are
required. Whether you are a podcast producer seeking fully realised
audio drama scripts, or one of the worldwide listening audience who
love radio drama with its power to create images in the mind's eye,
More Audio Drama is a book to treasure and enjoy.
The most popular series of movies in the history of cinema, the
Star Wars trilogy altered forever our notion of what the movies
could do. Return of the Jedi is the trilogy's concluding section.
With its myriad peculiar creatures, it seems, at first, to be a
lighter film than the others. However, as its subtle narrative
unfolds, it becomes apparent that the centre of the trilogy is not
Luke Skywalker but Darth Vader, and it is his redemption that forms
the culmination of this epic story. The power of this conclusion
excites curiosity about how someone who began so idealistically
could have turned to the dark side of the Force - the story of
which will be revealed in the next three instalments to the Star
Wars saga . . .
When Reservoir Dogs burst upon the screen in 1992, it announced the
arrival of one of the most charismatic and audacious voices in
cinema today. Reservoir Dogs is the story of a heist gone wrong,
and how the group of outlaws concerned are subsequently undone in
the course of their search for the enemy within. Quentin Tarantino
uses words like bullets and writes with a propulsive energy that is
compellingly readable. As always with Tarantino, the style of the
storytelling is restlessly inventive, showcasing not only his fine
ear for frank and foul-mouthed dialogue but also his grasp of
formal structure, comparable to that of the smartest crime
novelists.
It is a near-future world, and in many ways London is the same
bustling metropolis it has been for centuries; but look a little
closer and Viral Inspectors roam public places delivering fines and
forced immunisation against Avian Flu, and an organisation called
the Genetic Protection Authority has been established with
unnerving oversight. It is the role of the GPA to oversee the
genetic future of mankind: a noble mission to protect humanity from
the worst genetic diseases and impairments, but one that seems
increasingly liable to abuse, using its vague definitions of
eradicating anything more than 'three standard variations from the
human norm'. When Sandra Small becomes pregnant with a child that
has the same strain of achondroplasia dwarfism as her husband, Ivan
Henry, an ugly domestic dispute escalates to a legal battle with
the GPA and the High Court. What could have been a marital issue
becomes a challenge to the GPA's authority and jurisdiction, in a
test case that could set an alarming precedent for the whole
country, redefining the very definition of what is, and isn't,
human. The stakes for Ivan, dwarfs, and anyone else with a genetic
condition, become increasingly larger threatening to engulf London
and beyond. This ambitious and provocative script is a faithful
recreation of Ross Martyn's original vision, looking at ethics,
science, and society; a story of how small actions can lead to
catastrophic consequences.
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