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  Venus And Adonis (Argo Classics)

  William Shakespeare

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  William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. 
  ‘O, learn to love, the lesson is but plain, 
  And once made perfect, never lost again.’ 
  Shakespeare’s great erotic poem tells the story of Venus' obsession with the handsome Adonis 
  In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the boy hunter Adonis is the willing lover of Venus, the goddess of love, and dies accidentally. Shakespeare has Adonis reject Venus. Venus endlessly argues for making love, with Adonis uttering petulant protests. 
  All of the Shakespeare plays within the ARGO Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts, and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations. 
  Thurston Dart, Professor of Music at London University and a Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge, directed the music for this production. 
  The full cast includes: Irene Worth; George Rylands; Ian Lang. 
  This European masterpiece, short yet profound, is a top pick among theatre enthusiasts. The best of Shakespeare's works, it showcases the performing prowess of the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. 
  For fans of Richard Parsons (GCSE English Shakespeare Text Guide), and Arthur Miller (Incident at Vichy).

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  Who Seemed Alive & Altogether Real

  Padraig Regan

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  Padraig Regan's poems delight in the sensual and the visual: this pamphlet is alive with the textures of paint, sweat, sugar and overripe fruit. Regan riffs on art history in a way which is playful and inquisitive – Johann Zoffany drinks mojitos with David Hockney; Caravaggio outrages and compels; Queen Elizabeth I is effortfully glorious. Many poems focus on the representation of the human body, discovering alternative histories in responses to paintings where the gaze of the male artist is directed towards the male figure in queerly erotic ways.

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  Like This - More Poetry of Rumi

  Coleman Barks, Jalaluddin Rumi

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  Through rendering of Rumi’s poems and stories, Coleman Barks has established himself as perhaps the leading voice for Rumi’s work.  His warm and sensitive reading combines with the world-renowned musicianship of Hamza El Din  and Steve Coughlin to create an enthralling listening experience.A Better Listen audio production.

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  Wolf Kisses (NHB Modern Plays)

  Paloma Pedrero

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  A luminous tale from Spain, about a young woman who returns to her rural village home to await her Parisian lover. Despite the hostility of the villagers, her faith that her lover will return remains undiminished.
  Paloma Pedrero's play Wolf Kisses was first performed in this English translation by Roxana Silbert at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1997.

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  Entering Another Country

  Toni Ortner

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  “The title poem, “Entering Another Country,” is dedicated to a male friend who has died. There are exuberant, rich landscapes of imagined travel, journeys into the visual worlds of Grandma Moses and Rousseau, and the painful realization that what the poet means by travel is change and growth, the raw experience of self-birthing, a process into a place as unknown as the death place of her friend. Here Ortner connects with her female heritage. It is a courageous poem of breaking out, and the unfamiliar terrain into which this takes her almost robs the poet of speech.” —Helen Cooper, Motheroot Journal

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  An Old Song Half Forgotten (NHB...

  Deirdre Kinahan

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  A play that opens a window into the life and soul of an older actor who is living in care with Alzheimer's disease, rebuilding a man just as he begins to crack and fade.
  Deirdre Kinahan's short play An Old Song, Half Forgotten was first staged by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in April 2023, performed by Bryan Murray.
  The play is also available in the collection Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts.

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