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  The Complete Sonnets of William...

  William Shakespeare

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  The Bard, William Shakespeare, is the supreme talent of playwriting and perhaps also of those 14 lines of verse we call the Sonnet. 
   
  The Elizabethan Sonnet Cycle was a popular form for poets in the 16th Century with masterful works by many including Sir Phillip Sidney Edmund Spenser and Michael Drayton.  Many others wrote sonnets interspersed amongst their other works such as John Donne and even Queen Elizabeth herself. 
   
  But ranking above all others is William Shakespeare.  Some of his sonnets are known in part or whole by all of us such as Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds.  Sonnet 97 ‘How long has my absence been’ and Sonnet 18 ‘Shall I compare thee to a Summers day’. Many of the others are as equal in insight, magnificence, tender expressions, sweeping statements and sheer brilliance. 
   
  Whilst in total they number 154 there is little other poetry of Shakespeare’s to compare them to unless of course the majesty of his plays is also thought of as poetry. 
   
  It matters not.  Instead let us feast on these sumptuous readings as we journey together through one of the greatest experiences the English language and its son William Shakespeare have ever created.

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  Othello (NHB Classic Plays) -...

  William Shakespeare

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  Frantic Assembly's electrifying take on Shakespeare's tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder, firmly rooted in a volatile twenty-first century.
  In a world of broken glass and shattered promises, of poisonous manipulation and explosive violence, Othello's passionate affair with Desdemona becomes the catalyst for jealousy, betrayal, revenge and the darkest intents.
  As relevant today as it ever was, Othello exposes the tension, fear and paranoia buried beneath the veneer of our relationships and how easily that can be maliciously exploited.
  Frantic Assembly's touring production was first performed in 2008, with revivals in 2014 and 2022. This edition of Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett's muscular, radically adapted text also features articles and interviews about the production and Frantic Assembly's revolutionary work.
  'Frantic Assembly breathe new life into Shakespeare's tale... in Scott Graham's pulse-racing production' - Time Out
  'A fierce reimagining of Shakespeare's tragedy' - The Times
  'Pulsating... hurls Othello well and truly into our times' - Independent

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  Librivox Multilingual Short...

  Various Various

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  This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers.Brief description of the contributions:01 - Japanese - Sennin [1922]: prose, fiction, Oosaka, wizard02 - Japanese - Mangan [1938]: prose, fiction, Mishima, doctor03 - Latin - Pange lingua (gloriosi proelium certaminis) [6th Century]: poetry, medieval Latin04 - Japanese - Matsurino ban: prose, fiction, children, festival05 - Bulgarian - ????????? (Balaniadi) [1917]: poetry, satire06 - Bisaya - ¡“Fuera” kapyot! [1921]: prose, itoy-itoy07 - Tagalog - Ang Aral ni Ina [1915]: poetry, mother's wisdom, pantas na salita08 - Latin - Pange Lingua (Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis): poetry, chant, Lent, Christianity09 - Tagalog - ¡Bulalakaw...! [1915]: poetry, shooting star10 - French - La Main: Short fiction, supernatural11 - Japanese - Kako: prose,fiction,memory,matchstick12 - Bisaya - Si Inday, Lider na sa Piniliay [1921]: prose, women equal with men in politics13 - Tagalog - Tag-ulan [1915]: poetry, rainy season14 - Japanese - Nyusyano ji [1907]: prose,non-fiction,university,newspaper15 - Welsh - Sion a Sian (poem IX) [1911]: poetry, children, nursery rhyme, plant, gerdd16 - Japanese - Piano: prose, fiction, Yokohama, piano17 - Japanese - Aosuisen Akasuisen [1922]: prose,fiction,children,narcissus18 - Chinese - ???? (Shuidiaogetou): prose, Chinese, Song Dynasty19 - Polish - O doktorze Hiszpanie [1883]: poetry, poezja, fraszka, alkohol20 - Polish - Czlowiek Boze igrzysko [1883]: poetry, poezja, pycha, czlowiek, Bóg21 - French - Misère [1832]: poetry, hunger, misery22 - Tagalog - Sa Aking Mga Kabatà [1906]: poetry, all languages are alike, "ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit sa hayop at malansang isda"23 - Danish - Flugten til Amerika [1900]: Poetry, children24 - French - Le chapeau de Sans-Âme [1887]: prose, fiction, short story, Provence, hat25 - Japanese - Hatsukoi [1897]: poetry, first love, apple26 - Polish - Zona modna [1882-3]: poetry, poezja, satyra, moda27 - Japanese - Umi: prose, non-fiction, sea28 - Japanese - Nobara [1922]: prose, fiction, war, wild rose

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  Dirt Girl - Poems

  Sarah McMahon

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  "Poetry for people who hate reading poems." 
  This book of poetry explores the divide between urban and rural America from the perspective of someone who has lived in and loved both. It is for anyone who has experienced the dissonance of feeling at home in two very different places at once, or who has felt caught in between cultures, ideologies, religions, morals, values, or ideas.

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  The Fall (NHB Modern Plays)

  James Fritz

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  Two teenagers sneak into an old man's home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking after an ailing parent. A care home offers its residents the opportunity to unburden their children.
  James Fritz's The Fall asks how much can a younger generation, dispossessed and disenfranchised, truly empathise with the old – especially when their future is at stake? It was premiered by the National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2016.
  The play offers ideal material for teenagers to read, study or perform.

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  Love On A Checklist - A Lesbian...

  Alyson Root

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  Kelsey Peterson has one goal. To talk to Olivia Pritchard, the most beautiful woman she has ever seen. There’s only one problem with the plan! Kelsey is useless with women. So useless, in fact, that she tends to cause accidental bodily harm to herself when in the vicinity of an attractive female. Take her first meeting with Olivia, for example. Kelsey’s face meeting a pole because she was staring. Is she a lost cause? Well, Kelsey doesn’t think so. All she needs is a step-by-step method to reach her goals. Then she should be able to have at least a conversation with Olivia, right? As with all well-planned ideas, it goes to pot almost immediately. Still, Kelsey is nothing but persistent and positive. All she has to do is follow her checklist. Easy peasy!

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