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The author was a nineteenth-century English poet. This book of his collected poems is divided into different sections by subject, starting with his earliest poems.
The Crucible is a play which is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. The play was written as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists. The play is spilt into four acts. Download your copy now!Show book
Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his patron, the Earl of Southampton (thought by some to be the beautiful youth to which many of the Sonnets are addressed). The poem recounts Venus' attempts to woo Adonis, their passionate coupling, and Adonis' rejection of the goddess, to which she responds with jealousy, with tragic results. This recording features three different readers performing the narration, Venus, and Adonis. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Read by Elizabeth Klett, Arielle Lipshaw, Bob GonzalezShow book
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Fidele by William Shakespeare. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 18th, 2010.Show book
Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed at Newcastle upon Tyne on March 15, 1899. London production was at the Savoy Theatre in 1907. Shaw wants to prove that it was not love but politics that drew Cleopatra to Julius Caesar. He sees the Roman occupation of ancient Egypt as similar to the British occupation that was occurring during his time. Caesar understands the importance of good government, and values these things above art and love. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast list:Belzanor/First Auxilliary: ScottMolsonThe Persian/Second Auxilliary: ChuckWThe Sentinel/Soldier/Roman Soldiers: silverquillVoice/The Newcomer - Bel Affris/First Porter: Rick RodstromThe Guardsmen/Second Porter: Algy PugThe Women/A Woman/Charmian: glorianaFtatateeta: CaprishaPageThe Nubian Sentinel/Third Porter/Musician: LibbyGThe Man - Caesar: neustarThe Girl - Cleopatra: JoFriday21Pothinus: professorrctTheodotus/The Official: AmateurOzmologistAchillas/Fourth Porter/The Second Official: beeberRufio: jondalar1988Britannus: gmprzywaraThe Bolder Courtiers/All the courtiers/Major-domo: Algy PugLucius/Boatman: engineerdstA Centurion: GmanNubian/Nubian Sentinel/Apollodorus: ToddHWPtolemy: VperIras: DrDawnDuncanNarrator: DSayersEdited By: ToddHWCoordinated By: Algy PugShow book
Lullabies continues to explore the intricacies of love and loss. Love's poetic journey in this new, original collection begins with a Duet and travels through Interlude and Finale with an Encore popular piece from the best-selling Love & Misadventure. Lang Leav's evocative poetry speaks to the soul of anyone who is on this journey.Show book
In stirring verse and essays, Katy Bowser Hutson chronicles her battle with breast cancer and the complications of faith amid such a fight. Accentuated by the art of Jodi Hays, Katy's words lead us through the realization of cancer, the experience of chemotherapy and a mastectomy, relentless rounds of radiation, the uncertainty of ongoing treatment, and what comes after survival. She writes in resistance to sickness, of wrestling toward beauty: Cancer is an overgrowth, a kudzu: Tangling and strangling legitimate life. Chemo is a killing, a burning out: Burning down to ashy carbon, indiscriminately But cancer, did you know that I am a poet? Through it all, she shows what it means to struggle in a battered body and to pray to a God who is near to the broken. Join her in this consideration of mortality and witness her persisting trust in God's unseen ways.Show book
