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In "Lizzy, Darcy and Jane", Jane Austen pits her wit and will
against her greatest adversary and ally - the intrepid heroine of
"Pride and Prejudice", Elizabeth Bennet. Heady with her first taste
of love for the dashing Tom LeFroy, Jane Austen, aged 20, creates
"Elizabeth" in an exuberant moment of inspiration, with Mr Darcy
taking on the role of her arch enemy and reluctant admirer. But
when Jane's romance with Tom sours, she sentences Elizabeth to
marry the odious Mr Collins, and herself to an equally disastrous
marriage. The fates of the author, the novel and its heroine are at
stake. Elizabeth Bennet must take action.
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder
one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell.
Dr. Cristow is at the center of the trouble when his mistress
Henrietta, ex-mistress Veronica, and wife Gerda, simultaneously
arrive at The Hollow. Also visiting are Edward (who is in love with
Henrietta) and Midge (who loves Edward). Veronica ardently desires
to marry Cristow and succeeds in reopening their affair but is
unable to get him to divorce his wife. Veronica unwisely states
that if she cannot have him, no one shall. Within five minutes
Cristow is dead. Nearly everyone has a motive and most had the
opportunity. Enter Inspector Colquhoun and Sergeant Penny to solve
the crime.
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.
Ex-boxer Spinks is myopic, poor and lonely, his one companion being
the alcoholic Kingsley with whom he has a rather tetchy,
exasperated friendship. To gain attention, Spinks pretends to win
the National Lottery and he starts receiving freebies and handouts
from people hoping to get a share of his fortune. Plain Dawn
Pringle who loves Spinks for himself not his money, warns against
her maneater identical twin sister Donna, who then turns up and
seduces him. Just in time he makes an important discovery about his
new-found loves.
Calvin, a ten-month old baby (acted by an adult), can still
remember his previous life when he was happily married to Laura,
despite the constant attentions of his womanising friend, Bob.
Calvin will lose his blissful memories when he reaches his first
birthday - or speaks - so he determines nothing will make him
talk!3 women, 2 men
Following the success of their collaboration on Robin Hood, David
Wood and Dave and Toni Arthur wrote Jack the Lad, a musical
celebration of Jack, the ubiquitous hero or everyman of English
legend, myth and folklore - from Little Jack Horner, through Jack
and the Beanstalk to Spring Heeled Jack, the Terror of London. The
setting is a gypsy encampment, where a series of Jack tales and
songs are performed by the gypsies to celebrate the 80th birthday
of their senior member - affectionately known as Jack the Lad. The
play, therefore, depicts contemporary gypsy life, as well as
traditional gypsy customs and superstitions, and is a delightful
amalgam of the traditional arts of storytelling, singing and
dancing, with a mumming play, a shadow-mime and puppetry also
employed within the main framework.
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Night Errant
(Paperback)
Georges Feydeau; Translated by M. Pilch
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R325
Discovery Miles 3 250
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This farcical comedy set in 1910 is a translation by Michael Pilch
of Georges Feydeau's Feu la Mere de Madame. Things go seriously
wrong when Lucien arrives home from a ball in the early hours of
the morning dressed as Louis XIV. His late arrival and his
enraptured account of the ball invites the wrath of Yvonne, his
wife, which is heightened when he unwittingly makes disparaging
remarks about her figure. The maid, Annette, is dragged from her
bed to witness his discomfiture and the angry scene which follows.
2 women, 2 men
There are no less than eight intimate exchanges in this ingenious
tour de farce and each has two different endings; you can see
Intimate Exchanges sixteen times and not see the same play twice!
And one actor and one actress play all 10 characters. This is
Ayckbourn's most unusual look yet at the foibles of middle class
living.1 woman, 1 man
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Fall
(Paperback)
James Saunders
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R356
Discovery Miles 3 560
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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More a musical play for children than a pantomime, yet with lots of
audience participation, Old Father Time is set in and around London
and in various different centuries. The inconceivable happens when
Big Ben stops! Old Father Time, who lives in Big Ben and controls
time, realizes that he is locked in combat with the villainous
Flying Sauceress, who manages to steal his almanac, containing the
mystic secrets of his trade. The colourful storyline takes Old
Father Time, his charlady, Mrs. Sparkle, and his Watchdog on a
quest through time, involving cavemen, Guy Fawkes, a baby Dinosaur
and Dodger and Bodger, a pair of buskers.
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The GUARDSMAN
(Paperback)
Ferenc Molnar; Translated by Gabor Lukin; Adapted by Bonnie Monte
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R283
Discovery Miles 2 830
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The amiable, aristocratic crooks of Breath of Spring are at it
again. Brigadier Rayne deploys his charity campaigns with military
expertise, but little monetary success until Nan is passed a mink
coat by a crook on the run. This inspires Rayne and his cohorts to
become modern Robin Hoods running a meticulously organized
receiving system for stolen furs and giving their profits to
charity. Gradually operations become more dangerous. Finally with
the house full of furs and a police inspector making inquiries,
they decide to retire temporarily.
Naelstring belig die problematiek van transformasie in ’n nuwe
Suid-Afrika en die soms fanatieke eise van swart bemagtiging. Die
drama sentreer rondom ’n moeder wat weier om haar pasgebore baba se
naelstring te knip. Die baba is egter nie bereid om die absurde
situasie gelate te aanvaar nie en neem sy gehoor op ’n reis van
swart komedie en deernisvolle maar pynlike interaksie. Pieter
Fourie, dramaturg en dramaveteraan, is waarskynlik die enigste
Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaar wat diep spore as toneelspeler,
regisseur, artistieke direkteur en skrywer getrap het. Met
Naelstring deurbreek die bekroonde dramaturg Pieter Fourie opnuut
die grense van sy oeuvre.
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