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When E meets the man of her dreams, a professional cyclist, love
hits her in the pubic bone like a train. For a brief period she is
high on life - he's the answer to her crippling loneliness, her
self-harm issues, her non-existent career. But when the cyclist
cheats on her and ends the relationship E plummets into a black
hole of heartbreak. She turns to her only friend - mustard.
Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates.
Hansard is an intimate domestic drama about a long and troubled
marriage. It is also a comedy about politics and identity and the
failings of the ruling class. Set around the passing of the Section
28 legislation in 1988, which banned the "promotion" of
homosexuality. It is funny, tender, brutal, and ultimately
devastating. Hansard premiered at the National Theatre, London, in
August 2019.
Vir die eerste keer ooit word al die dramas, hoorspele en die libretto van N.P. Van Wyk Louw in ’n versamelbundel uitgegee, met ’n voorwoord deur prof. Chris van der Merwe.
Van der Merwe sê: “Met die herlees van die dramas, hoorspele, koorspel en libretto van N. P. van Wyk Louw het dit my opgeval hoe dikwels hulle ʼn gesprek met mekaar voer. Soortgelyke temas word herhaaldelik uitgebeeld; die tekste sluit by mekaar aan, komplementeer mekaar, spreek mekaar soms teen. Dikwels kom die temas wat Louw in sy essays bespreek het of in sy poësie tot uiting gebring het, ook in die karakterisering en die intriges van die dramas na vore. Dit is opmerklik dat die denke van Louw nooit stagneer nie; steeds is daar tekens van ʼn voortgaande worsteling en vernuwing. Die indiwiduele dramas, in die groter konteks van sy oeuvre gelees, laat ʼn fassinerende skrywerspersoonlikheid na vore kom."
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A group of Argive women has come to Eleusis to ask King Theseus and
his city of Athens to bring about the burial of their sons who are
being denied it by their Theban conquerors. Theseus is confronted
with a challenge which at first he declines to take up, but then
does so magnificently. The range of the play's debate is
astonishing. It contains one of the Ur-texts of political theory.
It explores social and religious themes. It deals with the concept
of a just war, with the family, and with the role and behaviour of
women. Above all it sets before us the education of Theseus,
showing us movingly how this great hero is transformed into a great
man. Greek text with facing translation, introduction and
commentary.
Susie Salmon is just like any other young girl. She wants to be
beautiful, adores her charm bracelet and has a crush on a boy from
school. There's one big difference though - Susie is dead. Now she
can only observe while her family manage their grief in their
different ways. Her father, Jack is obsessed with identifying the
killer. Her mother, Abigail is desperate to create a different life
for herself. And her sister, Lindsay is discovering the opposite
sex with experiences that Susie will never know. Susie is desperate
to help them and there might be a way of reaching them... Alice
Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones is a unique coming-of-age tale that
captured the hearts of readers throughout the world. Award-winning
playwright Bryony Lavery has adapted it for this unforgettable play
about life after loss.
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