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  Beastly Chronicles of Saki

  H. M. Munro

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  The Beastly Chronicles Of Saki.  The stories of HH Munro – better known by his pen name of Saki – have scarcely been out of print since they were first published nearly a century ago.  Yet it often seems that their particular delights are reserved for the private pleasure of his coterie of admirers.  It has to be admitted that a taste for Saki is something of an addiction.  And, like all addictions, once acquired, it is hard to shake off.  In the years since his tragically early death in the trenches at the hands of a German sniper, fellow addicts have included Graham Greene, Noel Coward and Tom Sharpe. All of us take a slightly wicked satisfaction from his biting wit and the subversive way in which he undermines the staid Edwardian Society he purports to observe.  But to a much greater extent than his near-contemporaries, Wilde and Kipling, there is something dark and menacing at the heart of Saki’s writing.  Behind the refined twinkle of tea cups on an Edwardian lawn can be heard the distant howling of a wolf.  Hidden among the shrubbery in a carefully manicured garden lurk all kinds of Beasts and Superbeasts, ready to wreak Nature’s revenge on an uncaring mankind with its arrogant belief in materialism, progress and the innate respectability of middle class values.  Where Kipling’s menagerie tends to simple analogues of human types, Saki’s animals can rise up with the full power of Pan himself.  This is not to ignore Saki’s ability to turn an aphorism with all the facility and wit of the divine Oscar at his best.  Nor does it forget his ability to prick the inflated egos of louche young men with too much time and money on their hands or deliciously dotty aunts and duchesses with their minds firmly fixed on Empire and Imperial responsibilities.  It would be easy to forget that Munro foresaw the imminent collapse of this society into the cataclysm of the Great War.  With his experience as a political journalist in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, he was probably more aware than most of the storm that was brewing.  But, essentially, he was an observer of his fellow-man.  And it is for the humour of his observations, for the dazzling twists and turns his tales take and for the fact that he makes us laugh inordinately that he is to be treasured and shared with those who have not yet acquired the addiction.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - 12 Poets 12...

  Michael Drayton, Alfred Lord...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
   
  1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - War - An Introduction 
  2 - The Ballad of Agincourt by Michael Drayton 
  3 - The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson 
  4 - The Battle of Lexington by Sidney Lanier 
  5 - The Bravest Battle by Joaquin Miller 
  6 - The Storm by John Donne 
  7 - To the Memory of the Americans Who Fell at Eutaw by Philip Freneau 
  8 - There Was a Crimson Clash of War by Stephen Crane 
  9 - Break of Day in the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 
  10 - Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen 
  11 - War Sonnet V - The Soldier by Rupert Brooke 
  12 - The Dying Patriot by James Elroy Flecker 
  13 - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon

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  The War of the Worlds

  H. G. Wells, Howard Koch

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  Join actors from Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation as they recreate this classic radio thriller. The breathless pace and convincing details make it clear why the 1938 broadcast of an "eyewitness report" of an invasion from Mars caused a nationwide panic. Originally directed by Orson Welles and performed by his Mercury Theatre of the Air, The War of the Worlds is an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name.The War of the Worlds is truly the mother of all space invasions, offering a rare combination of chills, thrills and great literature. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring John de Lancie, Meagan Fay, Jerry Hardin, Gates McFadden, Leonard Nimoy, Daryl Schultz, Armin Shimerman, Brent Spiner, Tom Virtue and Wil Wheaton.The War of the Worlds 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 Goodbye Girl

  Neil Simon

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  In this unique audio adaptation of Neil Simon’s screenplay, Paula McFadden’s a down-on-her-luck actress who’s forced to take in a new roommate — the eccentric, noisy, and generally unpleasant Eliot Garfield — who also happens to be an actor. As their careers and finances hit new lows, their reluctant partnership threatens to turn into something neither one wants.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring (in alphabetical order): Ellis Greer as Donna and others; Anna Mathias as multiple characters; Matthew Floyd Miller as Eliot Garfield; Amy Pietz as Paula McFadden; Raini Rodriguez as Lucy; André Sogliuzzo as multiple characters; Inger Tudor as Mrs. Crosby and others; Matthew Wolf as Mark Bodine and others; Adam Wylie as multiple characters.Directed by Rosalind Ayres.

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  Arms and the Man

  George Bernard Shaw

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  It's 1885, and Raina's bourgeois Bulgarian family is caught up in the heady patriotism of the war with Serbia. The beautiful, headstrong Raina eagerly awaits her fiancé's victorious return from battle - but instead meets a soldier who seeks asylum in her bedroom. This is one soldier who definitely prefers romance and chocolate to fear and bullets. War may be raging on the battlefield, but it's the battle of the sexes that heats up this extraordinary comedy and offers very different notions of love and war.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Al Espinosa, Jeremy Sisto, Teri Garr, Anne Heche, Micahel Winters, Jason Kravits and Sarah Rafferty.

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  CLASS (NHB Modern Plays)

  Iseult Golden, David Horan

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  Brian and Donna's son is nine years old and he's struggling. That's what his teacher says. Says he should see a psychologist. But Brian and Donna – recently separated – never liked school, never liked teachers.
  An explosive triple confrontation that is funny, heartbreaking and beautifully observed, Iseult Golden and David Horan's CLASS is an award-winning play about learning difficulties: in school, in life, wherever.
  After a sold-out run in the Dublin Theatre Festival 2017, the play transferred to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in January 2018 before playing in the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018.
  CLASS won Best Theatre Script at the 2018 ZeBBie Awards awarded by the Writers Guild of Ireland.
  'An inspired look at society through the prism of a parent-teacher meeting' - Sunday Times Ireland.

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