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Their scandalous deal! Billionaire Alessio can think of nothing worse than attending another fraught family event alone. So, upon finding Nicola moonlighting as a waitress to make ends meet, he strikes a bargain with her. He’ll pay this innocent to accompany him to Italy…as his girlfriend! A connection that’s impossible to hide from! When his helicopter crashes, a captivating stranger keeps Reid alive. Under the cover of darkness a desperate intimacy is kindled. So when Reid is rescued, and his Cinderella saviour disappears, he knows he won’t rest until he finds her!
Cracking Shakespeare serves to demystify the process of speaking Shakespeare's language, offering hands-on techniques for drama students, young actors and directors who are intimidated by rehearsing, performing and directing Shakespeare's plays. For some artists approaching Shakespeare, the ability to capture the dynamic movement of thought from mind to mouth, and the paradox of using the formality of verse to express a realistic form of speech, can seem daunting. Cracking Shakespeare includes practical techniques and exercises to solve this dilemma - including supporting online video which demonstrate how to embody Shakespeare's characters in rehearsal and performance - offering a toolkit that will free actors and directors from their fear of Shakespeare. The result of thirty years of acting, teaching and directing Shakespeare, Kelly Hunter's Cracking Shakespeare is the ideal textbook for actors and directors looking for new ways to approach Shakespeare's plays in a hands-on, down-to-earth style.
An imperfect arrangement Royal assistant Hester knows playboy Prince Alek is totally out of her league. Then shockingly, out of the blue, he proposes a marriage of convenience! In return, she'll have millions to help disadvantaged women. But their startling chemistry takes them by surprise! Alek sees the Queen that Hester could truly become-but the real question is, can she? * Aram Nazaryan needs one thing to claim the high-powered position he craves: the perfect wife. Although he isn't a man to take orders, this billionaire longs to return home to the desert kingdom Zohayd. If it means marrying Kanza Aal Ajmaan...could that be a price he's willing to pay? But then Kanza learns the truth. She may have married for love, but Aram's vows are tainted by ambition. Will betrayal and mistrust end this too-convenient union? * King Theodosius must find a queen to keep his throne, but his less-than-romantic proposal letter leaves Princess Moriana ice cold. So, he decides to make her an offer she can't refuse. If Moriana will consider becoming his bride, Theo will heat things up by initiating his innocent queen into the pleasures of the marriage bed...
Children on the autistic spectrum experience varying degrees of difficulties; all of which can be understood as a disassociation of mind and body. Expressing feelings, making eye contact, keeping a steady heartbeat and recognizing faces are all part of the autism dilemma which can be poetically explored by Shakespeare. Over ten years, Hunter worked with children on all points of the spectrum, developing drama games for the specific purpose of combatting autism. These unique games, derived from specific moments in the plays, shed new light on how to teach Shakespeare to children, using the drama as an exploration of how it feels to be alive. Shakespeare's Heartbeat is a step-by-step guide, detailing how to demonstrate, play and share these sensory games. The book includes: Games based on A Midsummer Night's Dream Games based on The Tempest Tips and advice for playing one-on-one with the children An afterword describing Hunter's journey from performer and practitioner to creator of this work. Shakespeare's poetic definitions of seeing, thinking and loving reveal the very processes that children with autism find so difficult to achieve. This book provides an indispensable learning tool for those wishing to encourage children's eye contact and facial expression, improve their spatial awareness and language skills and introduce them to imaginative play.
School nerd Martin helps three school friends, Mike, Geoff and Frankie avoid a school field trip to Wales by taking all three of them, along with his dream-girl Liz (Thora Birch), to an old underground bunker. Together the teenagers party non-stop for three days in their sound-proof shelter, but when Martin doesn't return to let them out, the party atmosphere changes quickly into a living nightmare. Liz is found a few days later walking towards the school, covered in blood and traumatised. She is taken to a police psychologist where she tells her story; but when Martin is later picked up, he gives a very different account.
Children on the autistic spectrum experience varying degrees of difficulties; all of which can be understood as a disassociation of mind and body. Expressing feelings, making eye contact, keeping a steady heartbeat and recognizing faces are all part of the autism dilemma which can be poetically explored by Shakespeare. Over ten years, Hunter worked with children on all points of the spectrum, developing drama games for the specific purpose of combatting autism. These unique games, derived from specific moments in the plays, shed new light on how to teach Shakespeare to children, using the drama as an exploration of how it feels to be alive. Shakespeare's Heartbeat is a step-by-step guide, detailing how to demonstrate, play and share these sensory games. The book includes: Games based on A Midsummer Night's Dream Games based on The Tempest Tips and advice for playing one-on-one with the children An afterword describing Hunter's journey from performer and practitioner to creator of this work. Shakespeare's poetic definitions of seeing, thinking and loving reveal the very processes that children with autism find so difficult to achieve. This book provides an indispensable learning tool for those wishing to encourage children's eye contact and facial expression, improve their spatial awareness and language skills and introduce them to imaginative play.
Hamlet: Who's There is a tightly written highly theatrical adaptation of Shakespeare's great play. Reimagining the action to take place over the course of one night, the play can be produced to last ninety minutes for a small cast of six actors. Featuring much of the original language and the famous soliloquies of Shakespeare's original play, this adaptation is ideal for people seeking a version of the tragedy to be played across a shorter timeframe or by a smaller cast. Adapted by RSC actor and teacher Kelly Hunter, Hamlet: Who's There was toured and produced by Flute Theatre, a company which produces plays by Shakespeare aimed at inclusivity for a range of audiences. This programme text edition of the play was published to coincide with a national and international tour of the play beginning in spring 2016, including dates in London, Romania, Germany and Elsinore, the original location where Hamlet was set.
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