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  Tiger Country (NHB Modern Plays)

  Nina Raine

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  Nina Raine's Tiger Country is a hospital play that follows a tangle of doctors and nurses in a busy London hospital - from the award-winning author of Tribes.
  Professionalism and prejudice, turbulent staff romances, ambition and failure collide in this swirling, action-packed drama about an overburdened health service that we all depend on and the dedicated individuals that keep it going.
  'Tiger country' is where animal instinct stirs and an irrefutable eye opens. Where we make eye contact with the unknown.
  Tiger Country was premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 2011 and, following its sell-out run, was revived there in 2014.
  'a meticulously researched and totally absorbing work play' - Whatsonstage.com
  'pacy, action-packed and, in places, touching. The sheer spectacle of the thing is so much more impressive than on the small screen' - Daily Mail
  'a witty, highly intelligent, PC-scourging sensibility' - Independent

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  Alastor - Or the Spirit of...

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary...

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  AlastorOr the Spirit of SolitudeAnd Other PoemsBy Percy Bysshe ShelleyNarrated by Denis DalyThis meditation on artistic creativity was written during the latter months of 1815, during a sojourn on the border of Windsor Forest. Critics have concurred in the opinion that the anonymous hero of the poem is Shelley himself, who feared that he too would become an "inheritor of unfulfilled renown." Today, the poem is considered to be the first major work of Shelley's maturity.Appended to the collection were a number of shorter pieces:1) To Coleridge2) Stanzas — April 1814 3) Mutability 4) The pale, the cold, and the moony smile5) A Summer-evening Church-yard 6) To Wordsworth7) Feelings of a Republican on the Fall of Bonaparte 8) Superstition9) Sonnet from the Italian of Dante10) Translated from the Greek of Moschus11) The Daemon of the WorldThe final poem is a reworking of the first two cantos of a much larger work, Queen Mab, which was first published in 1813. Production copyright 2021 Voices of Today

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  The Aldrich Family Collection...

  Black Eye Entertainment

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  The Aldrich Family was a popular teenage situation comedy that was heard on radio and seen in films, television and comic books. The creation of playwright Clifford Goldsmith, teenager Henry Aldrich was an endearingly bumbling kid growing awkwardly into adolescence. Episodes revolved around Henry’s misadventures with girls, his family and his friends. Portrayed on radio by 20-something Ezra Stone, The Aldrich Family launched as a summer replacement program for Jack Benny in NBC’s Sunday night lineup, July 2nd, 1939, sponsored by Jell-O. Stone kept the lead role until 1942, when he entered the Army for WWII. Several actors took over until Stone returned to his signature role, including Bobby Ellis who became the last Henry Aldrich in 1952. House Jameson and Katharine Raht portrayed Henry’s parents, Sam and Alice. Mary Shipp played Henry’s usual girlfriend, Kathleen Anderson. Jackie Kelk played the role of Henry’s best friend, Homer Brown, for most of the run. In 1949, the program made the leap to television while continuing to air on radio with a different cast. 
  10/10/39 “Henry’s Engagement”5/28/40 “Cross Country Race”1/29/42 “Henry’s Secret Admirer”2/11/43 “Valentine’s Day Party”2/25/43 “Henry’s Love Note Goes to His Teacher”10/7/48 “Henry Rents Out Mary’s Room”10/14/48 “The Great Weiner Roast”10/28/48 “Detention or Basketball Game?”11/11/48 “The Broken Toy”12/16/48 “Homer’s Party”2/17/49 “The Antique Chairs”5/5/49 “Engaged to Agnes”

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  Venus and Adonis

  William Shakespeare

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  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 Gonzalez

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  Escape Collection Volume 2

  Black Eye Entertainment

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  Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 until September 25, 1954. The series' well-remembered opening combined Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain with this introduction, as intoned by Paul Frees and/or William Conrad: “Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you... Escape!” Following the opening theme, a second announcer (usually Roy Rowan) would add: “Escape! Designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half-hour of high adventure!” Many story premises, both originals and adaptations, involved a protagonist in dire life-or-death straits. Actors on the series included: Eleanor Audley, Parley Baer, Harry Bartell, William Conrad, Ted deCorsia, John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Lou Merrill, Howard McNear, Jeanette Nolan, Alan Reed, Bill Johnstone, Marvin Miller, Frank Lovejoy, Berry Kroeger, Vic Perrin, Elliott Lewis, Jack Webb, Peggy Webber and Will Wright. Music was supplied by Del Castillo, organist Ivan Ditmars, Cy Feuer, Wilbur Hatch and Leith Stevens. The announcers were Paul Frees and Roy Rowan. 
  6/6/48 “Beau Geste”7/4/48 “A Tooth For Paul Revere”1/11/53 “Conqueror’s Isle”3/25/54 “The Second Shot”4/5/53 “A Sleeping Draft”8/23/53 “The Man From Tomorrow”9/6/53 “Train From Oebisfelde”3/11/54 “The Bird of Paradise”3/18/54 “Violent Night”4/1/54 “The Return”4/8/54 “The Scarlet Plague”4/15/54 “Affair at Mandrake”

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  The Poetry of John Donne - A...

  John Donne

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  John Donne was born on 22nd January 1572 in London into a Roman Catholic family when Catholicism was illegal in England and there was turbulence and unrest with both state and church throughout much of Europe. His father, also named John, died when he was 4 and his mother, Elizabeth Heywood married a wealthy widower, ensuring the family were looked after. He received a good education in both Oxford and Cambridge but was unable to obtain a degree without taking the Oath of Supremacy, which as a Catholic, he refused to do. 
  During the 1590's Donne wrote a wide range of verse including both erotic and sacred poems, creating two major volumes of work. His strong, vivacious and sensual style fusing intellect and passion as well as inventive use of subtle argument and syntax provided a new radical perspective that reached beyond his contemporaries and continues to chime and charm poetry lovers throughout the ages. 
  Difficult to believe that with this enormous talent, Donne, lived in poverty for many years, exacerbated by his secret marriage to Ann More, which meant no dowry, and their having twelve children. Later he served in Parliament and became Dean of St Pauls in 1621, noted for his learned and charismatic sermons. 
  John Donne died in London on 31st March, 1631 but leaves an enormous legacy of many splendid and influential poems. He was known as the founder of the Metaphysical Poets and is widely regarded as one of Britain's best loved poets. 
  This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing.  Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.

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