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  Beats Of Their Drums

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  Poetry has always been our refuge in this life. We read it when we want to find our sanity, our balance, and hope in the days we aren’t feeling so great. And often, the hardest thing is to find the right style of poetry that speaks to the right state of mind we’re in. In our second collective poetry book, following the success of our first one “Fields of Poetry”, we bring to you new poetic voices from the UAE. 
  This book features a beautiful variation of different poetry styles, tackling themes such as love, fantasy, history, spirituality, society, and so many great other themes that will leave you wanting more of those poetic voices. Authors: Hassan Al Marashi , L. Toma , Shameema Alam , Alia Al Shamsi , Enas Rashid , Dr. Jana Bou Reslan , Dr. Mariam Ketait , Nityaansh Parekh , Reem Thani Alhalyan

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  The Last Noël (NHB Modern Plays)

  Chris Bush

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  'We'll tell the same old stories, all over again. And we won't complain. Because it's Christmas.'
  It's Christmas Day, sort of, and Alice, Mike and Tess – three generations of the one family – are busy preparing a feast, singing songs, spinning yarns and squabbling about snacks… like only a close family can. But someone is missing from the table.
  Telling their stories in turns, and breaking off for the odd musical interlude, the family pass the time waiting for Tess's mum to arrive. As they do, we see a picture of how one family forms its traditions – and how those traditions matter most when there are problems on the horizon.
  The Last Noël by Chris Bush is a funny, moving, uplifting play with original songs. An innovative festive drama, it captures the unique bonds of family and how coming together to share stories and a meal can be a modern Christmas miracle.
  It was first produced in 2019 by Attic Theatre Company and Arts at the Old Fire Station on a tour of venues around London, before a Christmas run at the Old Fire Station in Oxford.

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  The Fall (NHB Modern Plays)

  James Fritz

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  Two teenagers sneak into an old man's home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking after an ailing parent. A care home offers its residents the opportunity to unburden their children.
  James Fritz's The Fall asks how much can a younger generation, dispossessed and disenfranchised, truly empathise with the old – especially when their future is at stake? It was premiered by the National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2016.
  The play offers ideal material for teenagers to read, study or perform.

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  Twelfth Night (Argo Classics)

  William Shakespeare

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  William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. 
  ‘If music be the food of love, play on; 
  Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, 
  The appetite may sicken, and so die.’ 
  A comedic romance of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night begins with a shipwreck, splitting up Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian. Alone in a strange land, Viola disguises herself as a male servant, Cesario, in order to work for the Duke Orsino. Orsino is in love with Lady Olivia, but it is Cesario that Olivia falls for. A farcical tale of misplaced love, confusion, gender-swapping and aspiration, Twelfth Night remains one of Shakespeare’s best-loved and inventive comedies. 
  All of the Shakespeare plays within the ARGO Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts, and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations. 
  Thurston Dart, Professor of Music at London University and a Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge, directed the music for this production. 
  The full cast includes: Derek Godfrey; Patrick Garland; Peter Orr; John Barton; Ian Lang; Tony Whitehead; Patrick Wymark; Robert Eddison; Tony Church; David Coombes; Peter Pears; Jill Balco; Dorothy Tutin; Prunella Scales. 
  In the realm of European theatre, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare stands at the top. Despite its short length, the performance is a powerful display of the performing arts. 
  For fans of Richard Parsons (GCSE English Shakespeare Text Guide), and Arthur Miller (Incident at Vichy).

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  Poems for Departed Loved Ones

  Dawn Mayree

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  A small book of poems for people who have lost a loved one.

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  Broken Biscuits (NHB Modern Plays)

  Tom Wells

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  'The point is: we're losers. Nobodies. Carry on like this, we're losers forever. And we don't have to be. Fresh start, two months to completely one hundred per cent reinvent ourselves. And I know exactly how we can do that.'
  Megan, Holly and Ben are definitely not the cool kids. But Megan has a plan. One long summer holiday to change their lives. One sure path to coolness. One amazing transformation, through the power of song.
  Holed up in Megan's garden shed, three old friends try to change their fortunes in a beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times. Rock on.
  Broken Biscuits was first performed at Live Theatre, Newcastle, in 2016, in a co-production between Live Theatre and Paines Plough, before a UK tour.

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