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  The Two Gentlemen of Verona

  William Shakespeare

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  The Two Gentlemen of Verona is the earliest comedy written by Shakespeare (and possibly his first play), probably written around 1590-91.  It focuses on two friends, Valentine and Proteus, whose friendship is disrupted by their mutual passion for the lovely Silvia.  Proteus jilts Julia in order to pursue Silvia; she responds by enlisting the help of her maid Lucetta to dress as a boy and go after Proteus.  The play also includes some wonderfully comic supporting characters, particularly Launce and his scene-stealing dog Crab.  (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Antonio: Ernst PattynamaDuke of Milan/First Outlaw: Algy PugEglamour: Amy GramourHost: Adrian PraetzellisJulia: Elizabeth KlettLaunce: Arielle LipshawLucetta: AvaillePanthino: Peter BishopProteus: Denny SayersSecond Outlaw: Christopher SannerSilvia: Elizabeth BarrSpeed: David GoldfarbThird Outlaw: Jared KlettThurio: Matthew ReeceValentine: mbNarrator: Elizabeth KlettAnd featuring Oscar as Crab the dog.Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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  Anoint My Head - How I Failed to...

  Andy Macleod

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  It’s 1992 and Horace dreams of becoming a rockstar with his band the Pointy Birds. The only problem is that his day-job (mis)filing vinyl in a Soho record store is stealing all his time and energy, plus rival bands like Suede, Blur, Pulp and Radiohead are moving on to bigger and better things. But then someone called Ricky offers his services as a band manager and at last the dream can start. 
  Anoint My Head is the tale of a band who didn’t become rich, or famous but had a manager who did. It is also the story of a musical era, and documents the rise of some of the biggest British Britpop bands of the nineties, plus a comedian who went on to write quite a successful sitcom about a paper merchants in Slough. 
  A coming-of-age story about pursuing your dreams and what happens when reality gets in the way.  
  Perfect for fans of Caitlin Moran, Nicky Hornby & Ricky Gervais. 
  ‘Captures the time and the aspirations of a young band brilliantly. A great eye-opener into the absurd thought process of what it might take to headline Glastonbury!' Steve Lamacq BBC 6 Music 
  ‘All the fun of youthful dreams and the poignancy of disappointment - plus a remarkable A-list cameo. Magnificent.’ Phil Harrison Time Out / Guardian  
  ‘Hilarious warts-and-all story of a Britpop band whose big ambitions did not meet their talents’ Dan Carrier Camden New Journal 
  'Super-evocative, Proustian and a wonderful walk down memory lane.’ Mark Bowen Wichita Recordings 
  "A healthy measure of Nick Hornby with a dash of Adrian Mole had he joined an indie band. Just the tonic for these serious and uncertain days. Bottoms up!' Josh Levay Pointy Birds keyboardist/naysayer 
  “If Spinal Tap had been an indie band in 1990s Britpop London. Brilliant!” Dave Macleod

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  Go Further

  Paul Myers, S.W. Lauden

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  Fun, bright, and playful, Power Pop is a sometimes adored, sometimes maligned, often misunderstood genre of music. From its heyday in the '70s and '80s to its resurgence in the '90s and '00s, Power Pop has meant many things to many people. In Go Further, editors Paul Myers and S. W. Lauden have a whole new crop of writers going deep on what certain Power Pop bands and songs mean and have meant to them. Whether they love or hate it, Go Further is a dive into the Beatles-inspired pop rock of the last five decades.Featuring: Ira Robbins on Priming The Power Pop Pump; Alex Segura on the Ramones & the Archies; Mary E. Donnelly on Shoes; Pat DiPuccio on Greg Shaw & Bomp Records; John Borack on the Shivvers; Dave Hill on Glitter And Glue; Will Birch on the Records; S. W. Lauden on 20/20; Jordan Oakes on Power Pop's first fanzine, Yellow Pills; Brian Vander Ark on Andy Partridge/XTC; Anne K. Ream & R. Clifton Spargo on Teenage Fanclub; Chip Jacobs on Squeeze; Bill DeMain's Greetings From Pop Music City, USA; Thierry Côté on Pag; Doug Brod on Into The Arena; Jim Lindberg on the Replacements; Balin Schneider on The Material Issue story; Mike Randle on Baby Lemonade & Love; Butch Walker on Marvelous 3; Andrea Warner on Puffy AmiYumi; Paul Myers on Los Anglophiles; and Rex Broome's Ode on a Rickenbacker.

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  The Traffic in Women's Work -...

  Anca Parvulescu

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  “Welcome to the European family!” When East European countries joined the European Union under this banner after 1989, they agreed to the free movement of goods, services, capital, and persons. In this book, Anca Parvulescu analyzes an important niche in this imagined European kinship: the traffic in women, or the circulation of East European women in West Europe in marriage and as domestic servants, nannies, personal attendants, and entertainers. Analyzing film, national policies, and an impressive range of work by theorists from Giorgio Agamben to Judith Butler, she develops a critical lens through which to think about the transnational continuum of “women’s work.”  Parvulescu revisits Claude Lévi-Strauss’s concept of kinship and its rearticulation by second-wave feminists, particularly Gayle Rubin, to show that kinship has traditionally been anchored in the traffic in women. Reading recent cinematic texts that help frame this, she reveals that in contemporary Europe, East European migrant women are exchanged to engage in labor customarily performed by wives within the institution of marriage. Tracing a pattern of what she calls Americanization, Parvulescu argues that these women thereby become responsible for the labor of reproduction. A fascinating cultural study as much about the consequences of the enlargement of the European Union as women’s mobility, The Traffic in Women’s Work questions the foundations of the notion of Europe today.

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  Tosca

  Thomson Smillie

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  Tosca is Puccini at the peak of his theatrical power. The story of the jealous, impassioned opera singer Floria Tosca and her doomed love for the painter Mario Cavaradossi is played out against backgrounds both historically and geographically overwhelming. It is set in three great and historical locations of Rome during the Napoleonic era. Spectacle, sensuality and cruelty battle for our attention in one of the most truly ‘action-packed’ works of theatre. Enticing us with just a couple of the ‘great tunes’ from this deeply affecting opera, David Timson then begins setting the biographical and operatic scene. The enduring popularity of Tosca is quickly understood – its appeal generated largely from exactly the same elements which once caused academics to brand it a ‘shabby little shocker’. The master of melody is at his finest, as David Timson illustrates with characteristic enthusiasm.

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  Harrison Greenbaum: Live at...

  Harrison Greenbaum

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  Comedy Dynamics has teamed up with comedian and magician Harrison Greenbaum to release his audio-only magic based special, Live At Madison Square Garden. Only days before the global lockdown, Harrison Greenbaum became the first magician to ever sell out Madison Square Garden, performing the most expensive and over-the-top magic show in New York City history for more than 20,000 adoring fans. A true revolutionary, Harrison has taken the unprecedented step of preserving this history-making visual extravaganza by agreeing to record and release just the audio. You won't believe your ears! In his debut release with Comedy Dynamics, Harrison Greenbaum proves once and for all that the hand is quicker than the ear. Under the bright lights of the iconic Madison Square Garden, listen closely as Harrison performs impossible illusions, reads thousands of minds at the same time, and attempts the most dangerous and death-defying escape in the history of magic, all for an audience of dedicated fans, huge celebrities you’ll recognize immediately by voice, heads of state from several important and unimportant countries, and even Beyoncé! For the first time ever, enjoy magic the way it was clearly meant to be enjoyed: by listening only. Give yourself the gift of Magic in Stereo live from Madison Square Garden.Harrison Greenbaum is a comedian and magician who has been dubbed “the hardest-working man in comedy” by both TimeOut NY and NY Daily News. Harrison has received several awards over the years, including the Andy Kaufman Award for originality.

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