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  Tapped (NHB Modern Plays)

  Katie Redford

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  Gavi wants to inspire his community. Which is tricky when everyone wants to just stay at home and watch Bake Off. But, determined to succeed, he starts hosting amateur motivational meetings from his garage.
  With the help of daily mantras, goal-setting and repeatedly listening to Spandau Ballet, he believes he can change lives for the better. However, when the only attendees are his two colleagues from the Co-op – bickering mother and daughter Dawn and Jen – it's not quite the enlightening experience they were all hoping for.
  Katie Redford's play Tapped is a witty and sensitive portrayal of managing mental health within a family, highlighting the barriers we put up in order to put on a brave face. It was first performed at Theatre503, London, in April 2022.
  'A play with a sweet, romantic centre... raises urgent questions about mental health... the characters tug at our heartstrings' - Guardian
  'A likeable big-hearted new seriocomedy' - The Times

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  The Poet Laureates Volume 1

  John Skelton, Ben Jonson, Edmund...

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  Poet Laureates. Volume 1.  The office of Poet Laureate is a high honour amongst poets. The Ancient Greeks had the first idea and their heroes and Poets wore wreaths of Laurel in honour of the god Apollo.  Many countries now have a Laureate as do many societies and organisations.  But perhaps ranked first among them all is that of our own Poet Laureate. Unfortunately no single authentic definitive record exists of the office of Poet Laureate of England.  In some form it can be traced back to 1189 and Richard Canonicus who was employed by Richard I with the title “versificator Regis”.  It is said that Geoffrey Chaucer was called Poet Laureate, being granted in 1389 an annual allowance of wine.   After that there were a succession of ‘volunteer Laureates’.  It is not until 1617 that King James I created the post as it is known today for Ben Jonson, although it appears not to have been a formal appointment. That formality:- The title of Poet Laureate, as a royal office, was first conferred by letters patent on John Dryden in 1670 And from there we have procession of outstanding poets among them William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Alfred Austin.  Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe.

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  A Health

  Edward Coote Pinkney

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of A Health by Edward Coote Pinkney. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 19, 2012.Edward Coote Pinkney was an American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor. Born in London in 1802, Pinkney made his way to Maryland. After attending college, he joined the United States Navy and traveled throughout the Mediterranean and elsewhere. He then attempted a law career but was unsuccessful and attempted to join the Mexican army, though he never did. He died at the age of 26 in 1828.Pinkney published several lyric poems inspired primarily by the work of British poets. Critic and poet Edgar Allan Poe supported Pinkney's work after his death, quoting from his poetry in a lecture series. Poe also suggested Pinkney would have been more successful if he was a New Englander rather than a Southern writer.This poem is taken from the Yale Book of American Verse.  1912, Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915)

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  Nine Lessons and Carols (NHB...

  Chris Bush, Maimuna Memon

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  A play about connection and isolation, forged during the Covid pandemic, exploring what we hold on to in troubled times.
  Chris Bush's play Nine Lessons and Carols: Stories for a Long Winter, with songs by Maimuna Memon, was first staged at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2020, directed by Rebecca Frecknall.
  'A reminder of the power of theatre and our need for it' - Telegraph
  'Tender and embracing, Nine Lessons and Carols leaves you with the glow that only comes from a true sense of shared experience' - The Stage

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  Short Poetry Collection 080

  Various Various

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  This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of June 2009.

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  Thrice Welcome

  Harrison S. Morris

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Thrice Welcome from Poor Robin's Almanac. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 11, 2011.Poor Robin's Almanac first appeared in England in the 17th century. It ran until sometime in the 18th century.It was originally a satirical publication, although over the years it became less humorous and more of a source for traditional homilies.Poor Robin is a pseudonym whose original user is unknown. William Winstanley and Robert Herrick are both possible candidates. More works were published under this pseudonym in America in the 1800s.(Summary by Lucy Perry)

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