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  Mumsy

  Lydia Marchant

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  Sophie is about to become a single mum – a third-generation one – and she's terrified. How will she afford to feed her baby? Or a Deluxe Snuggle Pod? Can she hold on to her job? What if she's crap at parenthood? Surely she can count on her own mum and nan to help...
  Except her mum's got used to having a life of her own, and doesn't fancy giving up pole-dancing class and Tinder to go back to changing nappies and no sleep. Meanwhile, fresh out of hospital with a broken leg, her nan's having a three-quarter-life crisis of her own.
  From slammed doors to living-room karaoke, Lydia Marchant's play Mumsy is a sparky, soulful comedy drama about the highs and lows of motherhood. It premiered at Hull Truck Theatre in March 2023.

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  A Midsummer Night's Dream

  William Shakespeare

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  Step into an enchanted world where love, laughter, and magic intertwine in one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies.
  
  Discover "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, the timeless theatrical masterpiece that has delighted audiences for centuries with its wit, romance, fantasy, and unforgettable characters. Blending comedy, mythology, and enchantment, this enduring classic remains one of the greatest plays in world literature.
  
  Set between the royal court of Athens and a mysterious enchanted forest, the play follows lovers, mischievous fairies, and a group of amateur actors whose lives become unexpectedly intertwined. As magical spells and mistaken identities create confusion and delight, Shakespeare explores universal themes of love, imagination, friendship, dreams, transformation, and the unpredictable nature of the human heart. Rich with lyrical language, memorable humor, and imaginative storytelling, the play continues to captivate readers without revealing its most delightful surprises.
  
  Believed to have been written around 1595–1596, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" stands among William Shakespeare's most celebrated comedies. Its enduring influence on theater, literature, music, film, and popular culture has made it one of the most frequently performed and widely studied plays in the English language.
  
  Perfect for readers who enjoy classic literature, Shakespeare, comedy, fantasy, romance, drama, mythology, and timeless theatrical masterpieces, this remarkable play offers a magical and entertaining reading experience.
  
  Experience one of Shakespeare's greatest comedies. Add "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to your Kindle library today and discover a timeless celebration of love, imagination, and the enchanting power of dreams.

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  Riviera Tramp

  Thomas Kennedy

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  Annabel is an unmarried, childless, thirty-five year old self-made billionaire based in Monaco. Robert is a renowned heart surgeon based in Ireland, aged forty.LiChan is Vietnamese and she is Annabel's personal assistant. Simon Beauvoir is Annabel’s uncle and he runs her bank.Charlotte Rossi is Psychiatrist to both Annabel and LiChan.Barty is Robert’s friend, convalescing in Italy after a heart operation, with his wife Mona.Yolanda is a twenty year old, working in a boat yard where Robert stops to earn some cash cleaning boats.Howard is a Texan multi-millionaire whom Annabel is considering to become the father of her intended childrenGriggs is Annabel's Head of Security and also her butler. He and the chauffeur Taylor, are both gay and in a relationship.Robert is tramping across the south of France, aiming to meet his friend and patient, Barty, in Italy. As part of the challenge he has set himself, he is working and hitching his way across to Italy, not having brought any cash or cards to finance his journey.Annabel is on her way back via Nice, to Monaco, after a gruelling business trip. She drives a top of the range red jaguar car.Annabel, on route from Nice airport, feeling exhausted and worried she might fall asleep at the wheel, parks in the car park at the start of the Promenade des Anglais, to take fresh air before driving on to Monaco.Robert is sleeping as a tramp under the promenade.Prostitutes are using the car park as a base in order to serve the airport trade.When Annabel is mugged she screams for help and is rescued by Robert.  Robert thinks she is a prostitute and she thinks he is an alcoholic tramp.  Subsequently, they sit together and as they converse, they warm to each other, but they don't expect their meeting to be more than a passing of two ships in the night.  But later they make love in her Jaguar.  They part, but don’t realise they have fallen in love.  The story shows how they get back together

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  Frontlines and Lifelines -...

  Timothy Hodgetts

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  This work captures personal experience of the Army's Surgeon General as a military doctor in crisis and war, spanning 30 years from Northern Ireland; through Kosovo to the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns; culminating in the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukraine war.
  Poetry provides the ability to say what is otherwise difficult or unpalatable. Some of the poems are critical and challenging. Some are humorous, as dark humour is a well-recognised resilience tool of the soldier. All are observational—and all are grounded in the realities of crisis and conflict.
  It is likely you have read war poetry from the perspectives of the combat soldier: but this book is the alternative perspective of those who manage the consequences of war. The work exposes that saving lives in conflict, picking up the human pieces, takes a toll on the carers. Writing these poems has been a means for the author to sustain mental resilience and to cope with serial morally injurious events.

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  Jane Shore

  Nicholas Rowe

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  Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe is a moving historical tragedy that brings to life one of the most famous women of late medieval English history. First performed in 1714, the play blends political intrigue, personal downfall, and emotional suffering into a powerful dramatic narrative that explores the cost of power, loyalty, and moral failure.
  
  The story centers on Jane Shore, the once-favored mistress of King Edward IV, whose beauty, kindness, and influence place her at the heart of the royal court. However, when the king dies and Richard III seizes power, Jane is abandoned and left vulnerable to the harsh judgment of a shifting political world. Stripped of protection and status, she becomes a symbol of both compassion and injustice.
  
  As Richard III consolidates his authority, suspicion and revenge spread throughout the court. Jane, though innocent of political ambition, becomes entangled in accusations and suffering that she cannot escape. Her loyal husband, Hastings, and other figures around her are drawn into the dangerous struggle for survival in a court defined by betrayal and fear.
  
  Nicholas Rowe presents Jane not merely as a historical figure but as a deeply human character whose strength lies in her endurance and emotional sincerity. The play explores themes of loyalty, political corruption, repentance, and the vulnerability of individuals caught in the machinery of power.
  
  Rich in poetic dialogue and emotional depth, Jane Shore remains a significant example of early 18th-century tragedy. It reflects Rowe's talent for combining historical narrative with psychological insight, making the play both a compelling drama and a reflection on justice and human suffering.
  
  Ideal for students of literature, historians, and theatre enthusiasts, Jane Shore continues to resonate as a powerful exploration of innocence destroyed by politics and the enduring strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

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  Top 10 Poets The - Died in World...

  Wilfred Owen

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  The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives.  Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives. 
   
  But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy. 
   
  It is at first difficult to comprehend that the carnage and slaughter of War could yield some of our greatest poetry.  Harder still that in four years of horror humanity was able to destroy and create on such a scale.  These 10 poets and their verses speak for everyone. 
  1 - The Top 10 Poets - Died in WWI - An Introduction 
  2 - From My Diary July 1914 by Wilfred Owen 
  3 - Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen 
  4 - Soldier's Dream by Wilfred Owen 
  5 - Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen 
  6 - Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen 
  7 - 1914 by Rupert Brooke - Peace, Safety, The Dead,  The Dead & The Soldier 
  8 - The Night Journey by Rupert Brooke 
  9 - The Old Vicarage of Grantchester by Rupert Brooke 
  10 - Libido by Rupert Brooke 
  11 - Desertion by Rupert Brooke 
  12 - No One Cares Less Than I (Bugle Call) by Edward Thomas 
  13 - A Private by Edward Thomas 
  14 - This Is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong by Edward Thomas 
  15 - These Things That Poets Said by Edward Thomas 
  16 - Adlestrop by Edward Thomas 
  17 - God by Isaac Rosenberg 
  18 - Break of Day in the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 
  19 - In the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 
  20 - Spring 1916 by Isaac Rosenberg 
  21 - Daughters of War by Isaac Rosenberg 
  22 - The Dying Patriot by James Elroy Flecker 
  23 - I Rose From Dreamless Hours by James Elroy Flecker 
  24 - No Coward's Song by James Elroy Flecker 
  25 - Destroyer of Ships, Men, Cities by James Elroy Flecker 
  26 - Don Juan in Hell by James Elroy Flecker  
  27 - Such Such Is Death by Charles Sorley 
  28 - A Call to Action by Charles Sorley 
  29 - When You See Millions Of The Mouthless Dead By Charles Sorley 
  30 - To Germany by Charles Sorley 
  31 - East Kennet Church At Evening by Charles Sorley 
  32 - An Attempt at a City Sunset by Francis Ledwidge 
  33 - Ireland by Francis Ledwidge 
  34 - Lament for the Poets, 1916 by Francis Ledwidge 
  35 - Growing Old by Francis Ledwidge 
  36 - A Soldier's Grave by Francis Ledwidge 
  37 - In Flanders Fields by John McCrae 
  38 - Disarmament by John McCrae 
  39 - Anarchy by John McCrae 
  40 - The Pilgrims by John McCrae 
  41 - A Song of Comfort by John McCrae 
  42 - Champagne 1914-1915 by Alan Seeger 
  43 - Paris by Alan Seeger 
  44 - Sonnet 14 by Alan Seeger 
  45 - Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France by Alan Seeger 
  46 - I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger 
  47 - The Battle at Saarburg by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  48 - Prayer Before Battle by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  49 - The Trip to the Mental Hospital by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  50 - Moonscape by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  51 - Soldiers' Songs by Alfred Lichtenstein

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