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  Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare on...

  William Shakespeare

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  Romeo and Juliet - the most famous lovers in the world, made immortal by William Shakespeare. However, many students have a hard time fighting through the bard's master pieces - because the old English is sometimes hard to understand.For those in need of understandable English we give you the new series "Shakespeare on the Fly": Shakespeare's master pieces, perfectly understandable in the form of a novel.Annie Vollmers, born in England, masterfully tells the tale of Romeo and Juliet - and the audience can easily focus on the story! Perfect for students - and those who want to brush up on their Shakespeare - on the fly!!!

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  Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

  Hafiz

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  Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mystical works are highly regarded by Hindus, Christians and others, and his influence extends to several well-known writers such as Thoreau, Goethe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. This modest collection of 43 poems is translated by Gertrude Bell. - Summary by Kevin Davidson and the Wikipedia

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  First World War Centenary Poetry...

  Various Various

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  This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of the poetry, all chosen by the readers, is in English, but the collection also includes poems in Dutch, French, German, Portuguese and Russian. Please note that some poems are still protected by copyright in countries which observe copyright laws based on the author's date of death. The majority of the poems were written during the war itself, but some poems have been included for their relevance in other ways.

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  Richard Cory

  Edwin Arlington Robinson

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  This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here, the eponymous Richard Cory with all his wealth and charm is viewed entirely from the outside. Indeed as the poem ends, we realise with an unforgettable shock just how little we, the narrator, or perhaps anyone really knew about him. (Summary by LauraFox)

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  The Poetry of May

  John Milton, Gerard Manley...

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  MAY - the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and popular for May day and Workers Rights celebrations.   For our poets including Milton, Hopkins, Von Goethe, Wordsworth and Longfellow much else is on their minds and its, of course, its beautifully put. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe. The tracks are; May - An Introduction; Ode Composed On A May Morning By William Wordsworth; Song On May Morning By John Milton; A Light Exists In Spring By Emily Dickinson; May 1917 By John Jay Thompson; May 1918 By John Jay Chapman; May By Sara Teasdale; In May By William Henry Davies;  May Magnificat By Gerald Manley Hopkins; A Calendar Of Sonnets - May By Helen Hunt Jackson; May Song By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Over The May Hill By Ella Wheeler Wilcox; It Is Not Always May By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; The Young May Moon By Thomas Moore; A Spring Poem From Bion By Eugene Field; To A Primrose By Samuel Taylor Coleridge; To The Daisy By William Wordsworth; By My Sweetheart By Eugene Field; A Nuptial Verse To Mistress Elizabeth Lee, Now Lady Tracy By Robert Herrick; Sympathy By Emily Jane Bronte; May Night By Sara Teasdale; Where Go The Boats By Robert Louis Stevenson; On The Sea By Keats; The Rao Of Ilore by Laurence Hope; Sonnet To Lake Leman By Byron; All Is Well By Henry Scott Holland; The Bride By Laurence Hope; The Gardener By Rabindranath Tagore; Constantinople By Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; Late Spring By Henry Van Dyke; The School Boy By William Blake; Roots And Leaves Themselves Alone By Walt Whitman; The Oak By Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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  She Stoops to Conquer

  Oliver Goldsmith

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  In She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night, a young lady pretends to be a servant in order to win the notice of a young man who is painfully shy around women of his own class.  Hilarious misadventures and mayhem ensue before matters are neatly wrapped up at the end.  This play, one of the great English comedies, was first performed in 1773 and continues to be very popular with audiences today.  (Summary by LA Walden) 
  Cast:Mr. Hardcastle - Bob NeufeldSir Charles Marlow - David LawrenceYoung Marlow - balaHastings - Brett W. DowneyTony Lumpkin - ToddHWMrs. Hardcastle - AvailleMiss Hardcastle -Arielle LipshawMiss Neville - Charlotte DuckettFirst Fellow and First Servant - DrakaunusSecond Fellow, Second Servant, and Jeremy - rookieblueThird Fellow, Third Servant, and Roger - Joseph AbellFourth Fellow and Diggory - Algy PugLandlord and Mr. Woodward - zaantaMaid - Amanda FridayServant - Elizabeth KlettStage directions - Laurie Anne Walden 
  Audio edited by Laurie Anne Walden

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