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The spellbinding story of a family that spans two generations;It's 1946. Tomas is 17 years old, living in Franco's fascist Spain, on the Canary Islands, where they are still recovering from three years of a bloody civil war. Torn between his family and the desire for freedom, Tomas makes a decision that changes his life and those around him forever. Journey is based on the true story of a man named Tomas Castellano, and the secret he's kept from his family his entire life.It all begins on the night before Tomas and Marlene's 50th wedding anniversary, when their son Mike Castellano, discovers the secret. Because of the political circumstances, and economics, Tomas leaves his home, his family, everything he knows, and loves - in search for freedom, and a better life, which nearly cost him, his. Journey shows us vividly, the ache and the pain one goes through - and the courage one needs to leave behind their home, their family, everything they know and love to live a life of freedom.Without telling anyone, Tomas and his friend Antonio risk their lives to escape. The story follows the extraordinary adventure of two young men, their struggle for survival, and the suffering a family goes through not knowing whether their son is alive or dead.Journey is a story about freedom...Freedom, to live the life you dream of...Freedom, that happens when you to let go, And... Freedom, that comes from knowing who your father is and where you came from.
Dr. Chamomile Toser specializes in analyzing evidence and bones, with the help of her partner, FBI Agent Seth Billings, who brings her a new, mysterious case pops up. Twelve people have been murdered, and there's almost no usable evidence. Toser agrees to take the case, and soon her team of talented scientists is neck-deep in the investigation. This serial killer is good, but no criminal can run forever. Meanwhile, Toser is dealing with some uncomfortable emotions-she's falling in love with her partner. Seth feels the same way, but he knows there's more to Toser than law and science. He suspects she's been lying to him, or at least hiding a secret from her past. It's not long before that past catches up with her. The serial killer is someone she knows, and he has chosen his next target: her. Now, Toser has to make a tough call. Does she tell Seth the truth and accept his assistance in catching the killer, or does she keep her secrets safe and set out on her own to stop further bloodshed?
THE ENGLISH FOLK-PLAY By E. K. CHAMBERS OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1933 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON OXFORD UNIVERSIXY PRESS AMEN HOUSE, E. G. 4. London Edinburgh Glasgow-Leipzig New York Toronto Melbourne Capetown Bombay Calcutta Madras Shanghai HUMPHREY MILKORD PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY PRINTED TN GREAT BRITAIN AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD BY JOHN JOHNSON, ANALYSIS THE MUMMERS PLAY AND ITS CONGENERS PAGE THE MUMMERS PLAY ..... 3 THE PRESENTATION . . . . .13 THE COMBATANTS . . . . .23 THE DISPUTE . . . . . - 33 THE LAMENT . . . . . .38 THE WESTON-SUB-EDGE PLAT . . .41 THE CURE . . . . . .50 JACK FINNEY ...... 57 MULTIPLIED COMBATS . . . 59 THE Quite . . . . . .63 THE MYLOR PLAY . . . . .71 COSTUME . . . . . .83 ABNORMAL MUMMERS PLAYS . . .87 THE PLOUGH PLAY . . . . .89 THE REVESBY PLAY . . . . .104 THE SWORD DANCE . . . . .123 THE AMPLEFORTH PLAY . . . .131 THE MORRIS DANCE . . . . .150 JACK OF LENT . . . . .153 MEDIEVAL PARALLELS . . . .160 vi ANALYSIS PAGE SAINT GEORGE 170 THE SEPEN CHAMPIONS . . . .174 THE STAGE AND THE FOLK . . . .185 THE RESIDUAL PROBLEM . . .192 THE PROBLEM OF ORIGIN PARALLELS FROM WESTERN EUROPE . . 197 PARALLELS FROM THE BALKANS . . .206 A PRIMITIVE LUDUS . . . . .211 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LUDUS . .216 WOOING PLATS . . . . .229 1 52 OF TEXTS 236 INDEX 245 ILLUSTRATIONS 1. ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Drawing by THOMAS FISHER in J. G. Nichols, Ancient Paintings at Stratford upon-dvon 1838, from Fresco in the Chapel of the Gild of Holy Cross. frontispiece 2. A KIRMESS IN THE NETHERLANDS. Engraving in the British Museum from Painting by PIETER BRUEGHEL c. I53 6 9-facing p. 204 THE MUMMERS PLAY AND ITS CONGENERS The Mummers Play. years ago, I attempted, in TheMediaeval Stage, to give an account of the Mummers Play, as one of several ludi of the folk which involve an element of mimesis. Since then, much additional material has been collected on the play and its congeners, notably by the late Reginald Tiddy and Cecil Sharp, and by Professor C. R. Baskervill, Mr. Douglas Kennedy, and Mr. Stuart Piggott and fresh light has been thrown on the possible origin of such ludi by the discovery of close analogues still surviving in various parts of the Balkans. It seems, therefore, worth while to go over the ground again, and to bring together the threads of the old and the new evidence with regard to this singular and long-enduring seasonal ceremony. In 1903 I was able to make use of twenty-nine examples of the play. I can now draw upon well over a hundred, more or less complete, together with a few entangled in ludi of other types. Probably there are others, even in print, which have eluded my search, and there are references, in Tiddys valuable study and elsewhere, to performances at various places from which no texts, so far as I know, are upon record. But my hundred or so examples cover the greater part of the country, and extend to Wales, the Isle of Man, the eastern coast-line of Ireland, and the Lowlands of Scotland. From the more purely Celtic
It is 1934. Winsome Manor is in financial difficulties and, with a heavy heart, the widowed Lady Winsome needs to fire long-standing servants Joe the gardener and James the chauffeur. However, unbeknown to Lady Winsome, James has been using the estate's Rolls Royce for a taxi business and Joe has been profiting from the garden produce. As the play unfolds, the two desperately attempt to prevent Lady Winsome from discovering their illicit dealings and from selling the Manor. But Lady Winsome is not so naive and with a final twist-in-the-tail this amusing one act play comes to a surprising conclusion.
Winner of the London Hellenic Prize 2020 The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro gathers together for the first time the three 'Greek' plays of the MacArthur Genius Award-winning Chicanx playwright and performance artist. Based respectively on Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus, and Euripides' Medea, Alfaro's Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada transplant ancient themes and problems into the 21st century streets of Los Angeles and New York, in order to give voice to the concerns of the Chicanx and wider Latinx communities. From performances around the world including sold-out runs at New York's Public Theater, these texts are extremely important to those studying classical reception, Greek theatre and Chicanx writers. This unique anthology features definitive editions of all three plays alongside a comprehensive introduction which provides a critical overview of Luis Alfaro's work, accentuating not only the unique nature of these three 'urban' adaptations of ancient Greek tragedy but also the manner in which they address present-day Chicanx and Latinx socio-political realities across the United States. A brief introduction to each play and its overall themes precedes the text of the drama. The anthology concludes with exclusive supplementary material aimed at enhancing understanding of Alfaro's plays: a 'Performance History' timeline outlining the performance history of the plays; an alphabetical 'Glossary' explaining the most common terms in Spanish and Spanglish appearing in each play; and a 'Further Reading' list providing primary and secondary bibliography for each play. The anthology is completed by a new interview with Alfaro which addresses key topics such as Alfaro's engagement with ancient Greek drama and his work with Chicanx communities across the United States, thus providing a critical contextualisation of these critically-acclaimed plays.
A brutal and unflinchingly honest portrayal of the effects of concentration camp life on the human psyche.
Ray Gentry loved airplanes from the time he was a boy, watching the old biplanes dusting cotton fields near his home in Tennessee. After college, he became a military pilot, flying in Vietnam, and later took a job as a sprayer pilot in the Mississippi Delta. It was his insatiable love for flying, however, that eventually led him to make a fateful decision with disastrous consequences for himself and those he loved. His compromise to make a "one-time flight" to Central America would lead him deep into the dark world of drug smuggling, murder, and corruption in high places. It seemed he would spend the rest of his life paying the Devil's due. God had a different plan Ray's flight to redemption would begin, ironically, with a deadly plane crash and a suitcase full of dirty money. With ruthless and relentless pursuers never far behind, there would be strategic stops across the lower forty-eight and Alaska. With the help of godly people along the route and a salty old bush pilot, who convinced him prayer was his answer, Ray reaches a stunning destination complete with a new flight plan and mission for life
Two sharply observed and honest plays which focus on some of the more painful conflicts which can arise in schools. Alan Bleasdale's play is often hilarious but it does deal (in fairly blunt language) with issues which will need to be sensitively handled in the classroom. Detention gives a more sombre view of a disciplinary situation which gets tragically out of hand. 3 women, 5 men
Hate knows no bounds... It was a cold dark night, and Andre was eager to get home to his family. A 35-year old African-American, he is a successful businessman. Driving down a deserted road, he has to abruptly stop for what apparently is a body on the pavement. Getting out to help, he is suddenly surrounded by men in white hoods - and realizes he has fallen for a trap. Will he get out alive? In a world where hate driven crimes dominate headline news, A High Price for Justice is a compelling account of one man's fight to expose an evil conspiracy and unsolved murders involving some of Mississippi's high society.
Torianey Heckstall's personal philosophy says it all. "Feeling in the dark" is a metaphor for how she feels when she makes the most of the decisions in her life. Life is a random cascade of experiences and opportunities-or so she thought. On a whim, she decides to upgrade a ight she's taking to rst class, never daring to imagine that this one seemingly random decision would change her life in ways she could only once dream of. Sitting next to her is the man who will change her life. QueShaune Guadau II is the owner of a billion-dollar oil corporation founded by his father. But even he knows that money can't buy him everything he craves-and he's too distracted to realize that the beautiful stranger next to him in rst class could change his life too. Shaune and Tory made a deal with each other that will change both their lives forever. Tory was never a woman to go back on her own rules; even so, Shaune's relentlessness would soon make her question her unshakeable moral core. And he will do whatever it takes to convince her that he is the man for her. Neither is able to abandon the sexy, irty, cat-and-mouse games, and this creates a problem for Shaune's best friend, Marcus Swain. Jealous and vindictive, Marcus controls a game of his own, in which the two become unwitting players. Soon, he engineers a tumultuous rift between them. Now it's a race to see which game is the more powerful-seduction or sabotage.
You Never Can Tell, by Shaw, George Bernard - Akasha Classics, AkashaPublishing.Com - One of Shaw, George Bernard's sunniest plays, You Never Can Tell is a comedy of love and mistaken identity. Mrs. Clandon has returned to England with her three children after an extended stay abroad. Having abandoned her husband long ago, she finds herself unexpectedly dining with him at a family lunch in a remarkable series of coincidences. Can these two strong wills be reunited with the help of an extraordinary waiter? And will Mrs. Clandon's independent-minded daughter fall for the charms of a handsome dentist? First produced in 1897, You Never Can Tell combines Shaw's characteristic lively dialogue with a charmingly absurd story.
The Saigon Tangent tells the story of five members of a Special Force Unit during the Vietnam War who are tasked to solve a series of alarming homicides. During the war, they rescue Pow's and assassinate communist officials. Now, they find themselves in an intricate web of deceit that could connect to the events that happened almost two decades ago.
Cox adaptation of Charles Dickens' Christmas Classic captures Dickens' ironic point of view while creating a panoramic view of Victorian London.9 women, 8 men
On a sunny afternoon in August of 1970, the Eastern Caribbean was, without warning, confronted with a terrible and tragic event. The Christena, a well-used ferry that regularly crossed the eleven-mile expanse between the twin islands if St. Kitts and Nevis sank. The two British colonial societies were suddenly thrown into turmoil, finding themselves unprepared to deal with such sudden tragedy. The ferry was registered to carry 155 passengers, but it was severely overloaded. While ninety-nine people survived that afternoon, nearly 250 other passengers perished disaster. As if their struggle to heal after the tragedy was not taxing enough, the islands had yet more adversity to conquer. However, both societies were determined to overcome that terrible event, even as they fought to achieve greater political independence. Told from the perspective of Whitman T. Browne, PhD, a native if Nevis, who lived on the island at the time of the tragedy. "The Christena Disaster Forty-Two Years Later" is a moving, firsthand account of how these sister communities banded together, not only to win their political autonomy, but also to overcome their emotional suffering as a result of greater tragedy.
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