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  The Dubliners' Christmas Story

  James Joyce

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  A story adapted from James Joyce's classic and John Huston's film classic, The Dead, we drop in on the Morkan sisters, hosting their annual soiree, and one of their more curious guests, Mr. Gabriel Conroy. Over the course of the evening, he discovers more than he ever knew about both his wife and himself.  
  STARRING: DAN O'HERLIHY as The Narrator and Mr. Brown, HELENA CARROLL as Aunt Kate, KATHLEEN FREEMAN as Aunt Julia, THOMAS MacGREEVY as Gabriel, BAIBRE DOWLING as Greta,PEGGY WEBBER as  Lily and Mrs. Malins, JOYCE DEEVER as Mary Jane, SEAN McCLORY as Freddy Malins, LIDA ANDERSON as Miss Ivers, SHAY DUFFIN as Bartel Darcy and The Porter; WITH LES TREMAYNE, and Announcer, WILLIAM WOODSON.

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  The Poetry Of Thomas Hood

  Thomas Hood

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  The Poetry Of Thomas Hood. Poetry is a fascinating use of language.  With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries.  In this series we look at the world through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets to bring you a unique poetic guide to their lives. Thomas Hood was born in London in 1799.  Leaving school at 14 he began at a counting house but his health being somewhat poor he took work at engraving. Again his health failed him and he was sent to relations in Scotland.  Here, it is thought, began his interest in the outdoors and poetry. In 1821 he became the sub editor of the London Magazine and quickly became part of a wide and varied social scene.  In 1824 he married Jane Reynolds and they had two children. Hood’s work is streaked with humour. In his day some of his poems were translated for sale in Europe, an unusual occurrence but one that shows his reach and influence on the poetical scene.  Many of his works are considered classics and he remains today as a highly regarded poet of the Victorian era. Thomas Hood died at the young age of 45 on the 3rd of May, 1845. A monument, paid for by public subscription was raised at Kensal Green Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe.

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  Hans Christian Anderson's...

  Julie Meighan

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  The Ugly Duckling 
  The Money Pig 
  The Emperor’s New Clothes 
  The Little Mermaid 
  The Brave Tin Soldier 
  The Princess and the Pea 
  The Little Match Girl 
  The Snowman 
  Thumbelina 
  The Fir Tree 
  The Rose Tree and the Snail. 
  The Snowdrop

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  Poets of the Eighteenth Century...

  Henry Fielding, Philip Freneau,...

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  For many in Europe the focus has shifted west to the Americas, both by settlement and by war against the indigenous tribes.  And then between themselves. 
   
  Democracy would be reborn by the American War of Independence. In the East India becomes the stage for further expansion. For our wordsmiths the world had become a wider page on which to write their thoughts.  Coleridge, Pope, Southey, Wordsworth speak with lyrical eloquence on subjects both great and small.  But always form the heart.

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  Fake

  Eric Simonson

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  Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated writer and director Eric Simonson explores the most famous archeological hoax in history. Alternating between 1914 and 1953, journalists and scientists set out to uncover who planted the Piltdown Man skull. Everyone's a suspect, including legendary Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Kate Arrington, Coburn Goss, Francis Guinan, Alan Wilder and Larry Yando.Fake is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

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  The Untranslatable I

  Roxanna Bennett

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  In unmeaningable, her previous Trillium Poetry Award winning book with Gordon Hill Press, Roxanna Bennett renovated the North American disability poetics canon via her queer fusion of invisible and visible disability identities. The Untranslatable I builds on Roxanna's acute sense of form and cripping of myth by establishing a more reflective, heartbreaking voice that asks, "Was I chosen? Is this a gift or a curse?" and provides answers not as prescribed path or cure, but as beautiful song.

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