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  McPherson Plays: Three

  Conor McPherson

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  This volume of Conor McPherson's collected plays, covering a decade of writing, celebrates a fascination with the uncanny which has led him to be described as 'quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation' (New York Times).
  In Shining City, a man seeks help from a counsellor, claiming to have seen the ghost of his dead wife. The play, premiered at the Royal Court, London, is 'up there with The Weir, moving, compassionate, ingenious and absolutely gripping' (Daily Telegraph)
  The Seafarer, premiered at the National Theatre before going on to become a Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, tells the story of an extended Christmas Eve card game, but one played for the highest stakes possible. 'McPherson proves yet again he is both a born yarn-spinner and an acute analyst of the melancholy Irish manhood' (Guardian)
  Set in 'the big house' in 1820s rural Ireland, The Veil is McPherson's first period play. Seventeen-year-old Hannah is to be married off in order to settle the debts of the crumbling estate. But when Reverend Berkeley arrives, determined to orchestrate a séance, chaos is unleased. 'A cracking fireside tale of haunting and decay' (The Times)
  The Birds, hauntingly adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier, is 'deliciously chilling, claustrophobic, questioning, frightening; and with a twist' (Irish Independent). It is published here for the first time, as is The Dance of Death, a new version of Strindberg's classic, which premiered at the Trafalgar Studios in London. 'A spectacularly bleak yet curiously bracing drama that often makes you laugh out loud' (Daily Telegraph)
  Completing the volume is a Foreword by the author.

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  The Way of the World

  William Congreve

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  The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded as being one of the best Restoration comedies written and is still performed sporadically to this day.The play is based around the two lovers Mirabell and Millamant (originally famously played by John Verbruggen and Anne Bracegirdle). In order for the two to get married and receive Millamant's full dowry, Mirabell must receive the blessing of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wishfort. Unfortunately, she is a very bitter lady, who despises Mirabell and wants her own nephew, Sir Wilful, to wed Millamant.Other characters include Fainall who is having a secret affair with Mrs. Marwood, a friend of Mrs. Fainall's, who in turn once had an affair with Mirabell.Waitwell is Mirabell's servant and is married to Foible, Lady Wishfort's servant. Waitwell pretends to be Sir Rowland and, on Mirabell's command, tries to trick Lady Wishfort into a false engagement. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Mirabell: bishFainall: DublinGothicBetty: Lucy PerryFootman; Messenger; Coachman: Phil ChenevertWitwoud: thebicyclethiefPetulant: Martin GeesonMrs Fainall: Carol BoxMrs Marwood: Helen FalconerMincing: Bev J. StevensWaitwell: Nigel BoydellFoible: MalaneLady Wishfort: Mil NicholsonPeg: Maria CalderazzoMrs Millamant: Liberty StumpSir Wilfull Witwoud: Bob GonzalezNarrator: Algy Pug

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  New Adventures of Alice (version...

  John Rae

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  After reading and re-reading the book many time as a boy and wishing that Lewis Carroll would have written another Alice In Wonderland Book, John Rae began imagining what that girl would have gotten up to if he had done so. Telling these stories to his children over the years, where they were enthusiastically received, he finally decided to share them with the world. And here they are! The New Adventures of Alice (Summary by Phil Chenevert)Narrator: LydiaMother: Michele EatonBetsy, Alice's Sister: Amanda FridayAlice: HailiSnipe: Shakira SearleMan in the Moon, Snowman, Snail Doorman: Anastasiia SolokhaBlackbird, Cook: Bria SnowTown Crier: Charlotte BrownThe Peevish Printer, Johnny Stout: Barry EadsBarber, Kitten, Baker, Joiner, Doctor Foster, Artist: Kimberly KrauseArchers, Grenadier, Old-Man-All-Dressed-in-Leather, King Cole: Larry WilsonPoet: Beth ThomasCaptain Tee Wee, Candlestick-Maker, Captain Swordfish: Rebecca Braunert-PlunkettMilkman, Postman, Fireman, Footman: ToddHWButcher: Arnaldo MachadoQueen: MaryankaAudio Edited By: Michele EatonThis project was proof listened by Patrick Wells

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  The IG - Prose and Poetry on...

  Hey Jude Saint Jude

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  His first ever book, spoken word artist Hey Jude Saint Jude has compiled a number of his fans favorite poems, poems he has post on his Instagram. These poems follow the ups and downs of relationships, mental illness, faith, and everything in between.

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  Thaw

  Edward Thomas

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Thaw by Edward Thomas. This was the weekly poetry project for March 1st, 2009.

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  What If If Only (NHB Modern Plays)

  Caryl Churchill

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  Your partner's died, could things have been different?
  Caryl Churchill's short play What If If Only premiered in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2021, directed by James Macdonald.
  This edition also includes the resonant and surreal short piece, Air.
  'Caryl Churchill has remade the landscape of contemporary drama – and earned herself a place among the greats' - Guardian
  'A truly uncompromising theatrical voice at the top of her game... [Churchill] packs more into this 20-minute piece about death, grief and the multiverse than many writers manage at seven times the length... it has a crystalline beauty, sly humour and boundless imagination' - Evening Standard
  'Quietly astonishing... a taut distillation and a gripping realisation of a giddying idea that resonates long after the curtain falls' - The Stage
  'Trust Caryl Churchill to pack more meaty matter into 20 minutes than most playwrights manage in two hours. Her surreal new short covers nothing less than bereavement, time and the universe – and does so with dizzying complexity... [She demonstrates] absolute mastery of her form. Like Picasso in his late sketches, she has become the essence of herself, still challenging, thoughtful and heading in directions no one else dares... a rocket of thought to propel you into the night' - Whatsonstage
  'There is nobody like Caryl Churchill and it's hard to think of any writer in history so completely on top of their game at her age. [What If If Only is] just 20 minutes, but it contains whole worlds' - Time Out

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