Publisher: Good Press
"Desire Under the Elms" is a 1924 play by Eugene O'Neill. Like some other O'Neil's plays, "Desire Under the Elms" signifies an attempt to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting. The play was inspired by the myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus. Both plays are driven by a love triangle between a father, a son, and a stepmother.
The Breadth of a Tree is about an enduring search for spiritual freedom. First-time author I. Peaches Gillette courageously steps out into the world and allows herself to be seen through her profound and compassionate writing. This collection of poetry, letters, and transcriptions of dreams explores a wide range of emotions. It is a loving disclosure of deeply personal events that shaped the heart and soul of who Peaches has come to be. The Breadth of a Tree is about life and the thoughts, feelings, and words that provide a way to share that life with others.Show book
Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work day, between seeing patients, he often dashed off poems on the backs of blank prescription pads that he kept in his pocket. This particular poem was written in just such a spontaneous way, after seeing the Russian Ballet perform in Manhattan. Each of the 16 readers in this collection took the challenge to make the same kind of leap - reading it spontaneously.(Summary by Alan Davis-Drake.)Show book
A Doll's House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most famous play, and required reading in many secondary schools and universities. The play was highly controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of 19th Century marriage norms. It follows the formula of well-made play up until the final act, when it breaks convention by ending with a discussion, not an unravelling. It is often called the first true feminist play, although Ibsen denied this. From Wikipedia Characters:Narrator – Read by Aleithia Nora – Read by Elizabeth Klett Porter – Read by mb Helmer – Read by David Muncaster Maid – Read by Anna Simon Mrs Linde – Read by Miranda Stinson Krogstad – Read by Jordan Schneider Rank – Read by Andy Children – Read by Aleithia Nurse – Read by Alana JordanShow book
A brand spanking new bedroom farce about three couples who say what they oughtn’t, do what they shouldn’t, and deliver terrific one-liners while doing it!An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, Mandy Siegfried, Alan Mandell, Clea Lewis and Joey Slotnick.Show book
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Advice to the Grub Street Verse-writers by Jonathan Swift. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of February 24th, 2008.Show book
Fasten your seatbelts for a rapid-fire, sophisticated thrill-ride that propels you through one of the most infamous financial scandals in history! With a spicy blend of humor, pathos and music, the big biz machinations of Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling and Andy Fastow are laid bare as razzle-dazzle entertainment. Lucy Prebble’s Enron casts a shocking new light on today’s economy and how we got here.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Steven Weber as Jeffrey SkillingGregory Itzin as Kenneth LayGreg Germann as Andrew FastowAmy Pietz as Claudia Roealongside Chris Butler, Jackie Emerson, Pamela J. Gray, Kasey Mahaffy, Jon Matthews, Julia McIlvaine, Russell Soder, Kenneth Alan Williams and Matthew Wolf.Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.Show book
