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Humble Boy

Author : Charlotte Jones
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466891114
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Humble Boy written by Charlotte Jones and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning new play that has been called "a brilliant latter-day variant on Elsinore in an English country garden blitzed by bees" (Sheridan Morley, The Spectator) All is not well in the Humble hive. Thirty-five-year-old Felix Humble is a Cambridge astrophysicist in search of a unified field theory, but after the sudden death of his father, James, a teacher and amateur beekeeper, he is forced to return to the family home in the English countryside. Once there he and his demanding mother, Flora, a glamorous former showgirl who resents having spent the last thirty years in suburban exile, attempt to reconcile themselves to James's death and to each other, plumbing the depths of their anger as well as their love. The emotional turmoil increases exponentially with the arrival of George, Flora's longtime lover, and his daughter Rosie, Felix's former girlfriend, as Felix is forced to acknowledge that his search for unity must include his own chaotic home life. A play concerned with beekeeping and astrophysics, imbued with heartbreak and wit, larger questions of the universe and smaller questions of family dynamics, Humble Boy has been called "a feast: a serious, moving, cerebral feast" (The Sunday Times).

Harry Humble

Author : Kara Ketcham
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460257618
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Harry Humble written by Kara Ketcham and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Harry leaves home for his first day of school, his parents remind him to be nice to the new students in his class. When Harry sees a boy sitting alone in the auditorium, he introduces himself while the other kids stand at a distance making fun of the boy's stutter. Harry and Luke become great friends, despite the other kids' teasing. Harry Humble helps children understand how a simple act of kindness can change lives for the better. Through Harry's actions, children see how the compassion given to others comes back to them....

Humble Pie

Author : Jennifer Donnelly
Publisher : Aladdin
ISBN 13 : 9781416967514
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Humble Pie written by Jennifer Donnelly and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 2007-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only Theo's grandmother sees the truth about the boy: He's as spoiled as a rotten old apple! That is why, on one of Theo's naughtiest, grabbiest, mouthiest days, Grandmother decides to bake him a pie. Young Theo has never seen the like. Its crust is as big as a bedsheet; its filling of plums, cherries, peaches, pears, apples, and quince is as tempting as any sweet feast ever set before a boy. But when he greedily reaches out for a taste, little Theo bites off a lot more than he can chew! Jennifer Donnelly's wise and funny tale has inspired pictures of modern-day wit and medieval charm from a master of artistic antics, Stephen Gammell.

The Story of Drama

Author : Gary Day
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408183536
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Drama written by Gary Day and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the history of tragedy and comedy from their earliest beginnings to the present, this book offers readers an exceptional study of the development of both genres, grounded in analysis of landmark plays and their context. It argues that sacrifice is central to both genres, and demonstrates how it provides a key to understanding the grand sweep of Western drama. For students of literature and drama the volume serves as an accessible companion to over two millennia of drama organised by period, and reveals how sacrifice represents a through-line running from classical drama to today's reality TV and blockbuster movies. Across the chapters devoted to each period, Day explores how the meanings of sacrifice change over time, but never quite disappear. He charts the influences of religion, social change and politics on the status and purposes of theatre in each period, and on the drama itself. But it is through a close study of key plays that he reveals the continuities centred around sacrifice that persist and which illuminate aspects of human psychology and social organisation. Among the many plays and events considered are Aeschylus' trilogy The Oresteia, Aristophanes' Women at the Thesmorphia, Menander's The Bad-Tempered Man, the spectacles of the Roman Games, Seneca's The Trojan Women, Plautus's The Rope, the Cycle plays and Everyman from the Middle Ages, Shakespeare's King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, Jonson's Every Man in His Humour, Thomas Otway's The Orphan, William Wycherley's The Country Wife, Wilde's A Woman of No Importance, Beckett' Waiting for Godot, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog, Sarah Kane's Blasted and Charlotte Jones' Humble Boy. A conclusion examines the persistence of ideas of sacrifice in today's reality TV and blockbuster movies.

Refracting the Canon in Contemporary British Literature and Film

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9401208301
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Refracting the Canon in Contemporary British Literature and Film written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary works of art that remodel the canon not only create complex, hybrid and plural products but also alter our perceptions and understanding of their source texts. This is the dual process, referred to in this volume as “refraction”, that the essays collected here set out to discuss and analyse by focusing on the dialectic rapport between postmodernism and the canon. What is sought in many of the essays is a redefinition of postmodernist art and a re-examination of the canon in the light of contemporary epistemology. Given this dual process, this volume will be of value both to everyone interested in contemporary art—particularly fiction, drama and film—and also to readers whose aim it is to promote a better appreciation of canonical British literature.

Science on Stage

Author : Kirsten Shepherd-Barr
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691188238
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Science on Stage written by Kirsten Shepherd-Barr and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science on Stage is the first full-length study of the phenomenon of "science plays"--theatrical events that weave scientific content into the plot lines of the drama. The book investigates the tradition of science on the stage from the Renaissance to the present, focusing in particular on the current wave of science playwriting. Drawing on extensive interviews with playwrights and directors, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr discusses such works as Michael Frayn's Copenhagen and Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. She asks questions such as, What accounts for the surge of interest in putting science on the stage? What areas of science seem most popular with playwrights, and why? How has the tradition evolved throughout the centuries? What currents are defining it now? And what are some of the debates and controversies surrounding the use of science on stage? Organized by scientific themes, the book examines selected contemporary plays that represent a merging of theatrical form and scientific content--plays in which the science is literally enacted through the structure and performance of the play. Beginning with a discussion of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, the book traces the history of how scientific ideas (quantum mechanics and fractals, for example) are dealt with in theatrical presentations. It discusses the relationship of science to society, the role of science in our lives, the complicated ethical considerations of science, and the accuracy of the portrayal of science in the dramatic context. The final chapter looks at some of the most recent and exciting developments in science playwriting that are taking the genre in innovative directions and challenging the audience's expectations of a science play. The book includes a comprehensive annotated list of four centuries of science plays, which will be useful for teachers, students, and general readers alike.

The Herd Boy

Author : Niki Daly
Publisher : Eerdmans Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0802854176
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Herd Boy written by Niki Daly and published by Eerdmans Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While doing a good job of caring for his grandfather's sheep and goat on the grasslands of South Africa, young Malusi dreams of everything from owning his own dog to becoming president one day. Illustrations.

The Contemporary Political Play

Author : Sarah Grochala
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472588487
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book The Contemporary Political Play written by Sarah Grochala and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean for a play to be political in the 21st century? Does it require explicit engagement with events and situations with the aim of bringing about change or highlighting social wrongs? Is it purely a matter of content or is it also a matter of structure? The Contemporary Political Play: Rethinking Dramaturgical Structure examines the politics of contemporary 'political' drama. It traces the origins of the contemporary British political play to the emergence of the idea of 'serious drama' in the late 19th century through the work of Bernard Shaw, and argues that a Shavian version of serious drama was inextricably linked to the social and political structures of British society at the time. While political drama is still often thought of as adhering to a Shavian model in which social issues are presented through a dialectical structure, Grochala argues that the different political structures of contemporary Britain give rise to formally inventive dramaturgies that are no less 'serious' or political than their Shavian forebears. Through analysing the experimental dramaturgies of contemporary plays by playwrights including Caryl Churchill, Simon Stephens, Anthony Neilson, debbie tucker green and Mark Ravenhill, among others, it offers a set of new principles for understanding how a play functions politically and reveals how today the dramaturgical structure of a play is as political as its content.

Grand & Humble

Author : Brent Hartinger
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061968404
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Grand & Humble written by Brent Hartinger and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlan's a popular kid and Manny's a geek. But something strange is happening to both of them. Harlan is slowly losing his grip because he's plagued by panic attacks he can't control. And Manny has started having nerve-racking nightmares that leave him exhausted and terrified. In this complex and original novel, popular author Brent Hartinger takes us on an intense psychological journey as Harlan and Manny struggle with a fear they can't name. It's a journey that eventually leads downtown, where a secret lies at the intersection of Grand and Humble.

Orchardscroft

Author : Elsa D'Esterre-Keeling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Orchardscroft written by Elsa D'Esterre-Keeling and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life

Author : John Ames Mitchell
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385322553
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Life written by John Ames Mitchell and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Life

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, Publ. According to the True Original Copies 3. Ed. and Unto this Impression is Added Seven Playes, Never Before Printed in Folio

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Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, Publ. According to the True Original Copies 3. Ed. and Unto this Impression is Added Seven Playes, Never Before Printed in Folio written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1664 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Garden of the Lost and Abandoned

Author : Jessica Yu
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544617061
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Garden of the Lost and Abandoned written by Jessica Yu and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating and joyful story of Gladys Kalibbala, a Ugandan "orphan sleuth," who works to connect missing and castaway children to their families

Some Mistakes have No Pardon

Author : Girdhar Joshi
Publisher : Quills Ink Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9384318167
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Some Mistakes have No Pardon written by Girdhar Joshi and published by Quills Ink Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of a man who struggles to find love, peace, and happiness in relationships but ends up losing relations after relations amidst the compelling pressures of profession, passion, and maladjustment of life. Two important points highlighted in the pages of this story are: one – how a boy with a deprived childhood that blossomed and bloomed on bottle-gourd curry and pumpkin gods of grandmother and butter-milk and mint chutney of orphaned granny, could still create riches and achieve literary enlightment – the rags-to-riches story. And, two – how strains of wretched and ill managed relations could undo every achievement, cause him strive to look for shelter elsewhere, and knock down the person into the nadir of disgrace and eventually brink of extinction – the riches-to-ashes story. These two ends are the central themes in this story, which are woven in through the warp and weft of incidences.

Famous American Fortunes and the Men who Have Made Them

Author : Laura Carter Holloway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1006 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Famous American Fortunes and the Men who Have Made Them written by Laura Carter Holloway and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rewriting the Nation

Author : Aleks Sierz
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408145707
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Rewriting the Nation written by Aleks Sierz and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential guide for anyone interested in the best new British stage plays to emerge in the new millennium. For students of theatre studies and theatre-goers Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today is a perfect companion to Britain's burgeoning theatre writing scene. It explores the context from which new plays have emerged and charts the way that playwrights have responded to the key concerns of the decade and helped shape our sense of who we are. In recent years British theatre has seen a renaissance in playwriting accompanied by a proliferation of writing awards and new writing groups. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the industry and of the key plays and playwrights. It opens by defining what is meant by 'new writing' and providing a study of the leading theatres, such as the Royal Court, the Traverse, the Bush, the Hampstead and the National theatres, together with the London fringe and the work of touring companies. In the second part, Sierz provides a fascinating survey of the main issues that have characterised new plays in the first decade of the new century, such as foreign policy and war overseas, economic boom and bust, divided communities and questions of identity and race. It considers too how playwrights have re-examined domestic issues of family, of love, of growing up, and the fantasies and nightmares of the mind. Against the backdrop of economic, political and social change under New Labour, Sierz shows how British theatre responded to these changes and in doing so has been and remains deeply involved in the project of rewriting the nation.