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When this adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s classic children’s story
opened at the RSC Stratford in November 1998, it received rave
reviews and broke box office records. Four children are evacuated
from London during the Blitz. While exploring the Professor’s
house, they stumble across the gateway to another world, and the
adventure begins. The land of Narnia is under the spell of the
wicked White Witch, and the four very quickly find themselves
caught up in a deadly struggle between good and evil.
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After-images (Paperback)
David J. Constantine, H. Constantine; Translated by Lavinia Greenlaw, Tom Kuhn, Adrian Mitchell
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R304
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Features writing that is, in one sense or another, a reflection or
lingering effect of poets and artists who have gone before.
Come On Everybody brings together poems from a dozen collections
published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades, from Poems (1964)
to his final collection, Tell Me Lies (2008). His poetry's
simplicity, clarity, passion and humour show his allegiance to a
vital, popular tradition embracing William Blake as well as the
ballads and the blues. His most nakedly political poems - about
war, Vietnam, prisons and racism - became part of the folklore of
the Left, sung and recited at demonstrations and mass rallies. His
childlike questioning was a constant reminder from the 60s onwards
that poetry is first and foremost an assertion of the human spirit.
A pacifist prophet who remained true to his heartfelt beliefs,
Mitchell reported back for over half a century from a world
blighted by war, compromise, double-talk and pragmatism without
losing his innocence, integrity and impish sense of humour. Angela
Carter described him as a 'joyous, acrid and demotic tumbling
lyricist Pied Piper determinedly singing us away from catastrophe'.
"The Mayor of Zalamea, Life's a Dream, The Great Theatre of the
World In The Mayor of Zalamea, commissioned by the Royal National
Theatre, peasants' honour clashes with military discipline. Life's
a Dream is Calderon's most famous philosophical play. The Great
Theatre of the World is an allegorical work that would originally
have been performed in the street to the accompaniment of music and
dancing."
Henry Colless, one of the old pioneers. In his mid-teens he set out
as a carrier across the Blue Mountains and then further along the
track to the northwest. He was still a teenager when he helped his
father and his brother establish legendary Come-by-Chance. He was
one of the early settlers in Bourke, and later became one of its
leading lights; and he drove a great mob of cattle across the
corner country to establish the first station at Innamincka. This
is his story. 'The Collesses. Theirs is the story of Australia
itself. Convicts, bushrangers, cattle thieves, pioneers, punters,
graziers, ANZACs; floods and droughts, boom and bust, they lived
right through it all. Their story is every bit as comprehensive as
Dorothea Mackellar's "I love a sunburnt country". They were right
in the thick of our founding cultural history; they helped to make
it, helped make this land. From Bird's Eye Corner to the far corner
country. Henry Colless's line - corner to corner, through the
middle of everything. And it is not a line without trace. George,
William, Henry, they each handed on their sterling character - a
more telling legacy than money can buy.'
Widely accepted to have been inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth,
Boris Godunov recounts the tragic conflict between Tsar Boris and
the pretender Dimitri. Following the death of Ivan the Terrible,
Boris Godunov became regent for the feeble-minded Tsar Fyodor, the
heir to whose throne, the boy-prince Dimitri, died mysteriously in
1591. It was widely rumoured that Boris had murdered him, and when
a renegade monk later appeared claiming to be Dimitri, he rapidly
became a focus for revolt. This adaptation by acclaimed playwright
& novelist Adrian Mitchell, was Mitchell's final project before
his death in 2008 and forms part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's
Winter 2012 season. This production opens at the Swan Theatre,
Royal Shakespeare Co., Stratford-Upon-Avon, 15th November 2012 30th
March 2013 and will be current RSC Artistic Director Michael Boyd s
final RSC production.
Just Adrian is a patchwork tour of a legendary playwright, poet and
activist’s life in the theatre. It is a fascinating first-hand
account of groundbreaking productions featuring figures like
Kenneth Tynan, Peter Brook and Peter Hall as well as adventures in
alternative theatre. These writings explore Adrian’s many
interests, from drama for children to musical theatre, in a voice
that combines playful irreverence with compassion and insight.
Taken together, they are a funny, moving testament to a great
theatre lover.
In this much longer sequel to his earlier collection of Scots-Irish
Links, Parts 1 & 2, David Dobson sheds more light on a segment
of the 100,000 Scotsmen who were re-settled by the British
government in the Irish Plantation of Ulster during the 17th
century. Drawing upon sources not consulted for the earlier volume,
Mr. Dobson has come up with an additional 2,500 mostly Lowland
Scots who re-settled in Ulster--in most instances prior to 1700. As
with Scots-Irish Links, Parts 1 & 2, university students
predominate among.
Follow mischievous Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin Bunny into
Mr MacGregor's garden, disappear with Lucie into Mrs Tiggy-Winkle's
house in the hill, and squeeze under the hedge to visit the grassy
bank where Mrs Tittlemouse lives.Peter Rabbit & His Friends has
been specially adapted by Adrian Mitchell, one of Britain's
foremost poets and dramatists. This version was produced by the
Unicorn Theatre in 2003 and toured the UK.
The Mammoth Sails Tonight is inspired by the ballad of Sir Patrick
Spens. This thrilling musical takes the reader on a wild voyage of
adventure blending timewarps and mystery. It tells the story of an
unsinkable luxury ship's journey into the unknown world of
Norwegian mythology in this unforgettable event.
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Umpteen Pockets (Hardcover)
Adrian Mitchell; Illustrated by Tony Ross
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R486
R452
Discovery Miles 4 520
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Lavish, gift collection of children's poems by the late, eminent
Adrian Mitchell.
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