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  Fanny & Faggot (NHB Modern Plays)

  Jack Thorne

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  A troubled, disturbing but bleakly funny play from a leading writer of Channel 4's Shameless and Skins.
  Fanny and Faggot presents two distinct moments in the life of Mary Bell: her trial when accused of the murder of two small boys, and her escape from the open prison in 1977, when she spent the weekend on the run in Blackpool and lost her virginity.

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  Hamlet

  William Shakespeare

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  Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language. Prince Hamlet sets out to avenge his beloved father's death at the hand of his uncle Claudius - but Hamlet's spiral into grief and madness will have permanent and immutable consequences for the Kingdom of Denmark. Composed over 400 years ago, Hamlet remains one of the theater’s most studied and performed works, and is presented here in a stunning, sound-rich full-cast recording. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Josh Stamberg as HamletStephen Collins as King ClaudiusJoBeth Williams as Queen GertrudeStacy Keach as GhostAlan Mandell as PoloniusEmily Swallow as OpheliaJD Cullum as LaertesMatthew Wolf as HoratioMark Capri as Ambassador and othersJosh Clark as Gravedigger, Voltemand and othersHenri Lubatti as Rosencrantz and othersJon Matthews as Guildenstern and othersDarren Richardson as Player Queen and othersAndré Sogliuzzo as Reynaldo and othersDirected by Martin Jarvis. Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in August, 2011.

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  Cardenio - Shakespeare's 'lost...

  William Shakespeare

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  Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.
  A woman is seduced, a bride is forced to the altar, and a man runs mad among the mountains of the Sierra Morena.
  The history of the play is every bit as thrilling, and this text is the result of a masterful act of literary archaeology by the Royal Shakespeare Company's Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran, to re-imagine a previously lost play by Shakespeare.
  Based on an episode in Cervantes' Don Quixote, the play known as Cardenio by Shakespeare and John Fletcher was performed at court in 1612. A copy of their collaboration has never been found; however, it is claimed that Double Falshood by Lewis Theobald is an eighteenth-century adaptation of it.
  Since Theobald's play misses out some crucial scenes in the plot, Doran has turned to the Cervantes original to supply the missing episodes, using the original English translation by Thomas Shelton (1612) that Fletcher and Shakespeare must themselves have read.
  Cardenio re-opened the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's fiftieth birthday season in 2011.
  'an extraordinary and theatrically powerful piece... the play works beautifully' - Guardian

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  The Impermanence of Lilies

  Daniel Yeo

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  The captain of the Titanic went down with his ship on 15 April, 1912. But thoughts have power, and those who endure in the stories of the living are said to continue to roam the world after their deaths. And so the captain wanders in search of the things he tried to find in life, and discovers his destiny intimately entwined with a painter who shares the same fate, not knowing that their paths had crossed a long time ago. 
   
  The Impermanence of Lilies is a melancholic tribute to the nature of life and a yearning for love, in a story that reaches across lifetimes, borders, and the space between two hearts. 
   
   
  "A poetic, poignant love letter to life. Daniel Yeo has important things to tell us about the painful beauty of impermanence, and he tells them with a tender lyricism." 
  -Melissa de Villiers, author of The Chameleon House 
   
  “A wistful travel narrative by the RMS Titanic Captain that dives into preternatural waters, flowing into surprising and surrealist tributaries of reflections on death, memory, identity, friendship, and unwaveringly, love.” 
  -Cyril Wong, poet and fictionist

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  The 15th of Finality

  Valentyne DeBudge

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  She said she'd send someone to help him escape. 
  But escape what? 
  Since the day Sage's mother died, he was left with nothing more than the nagging feeling that there was something right in front of his eyes. Student Council President, perfect marks and attendance, Sage's picturesque life shatters the night he meets Drew. 
  An endearing young man, Drew lands in his life and claims it's all a lie. 
  Every moment scripted, every movement monitored, Sage finds himself at the heart of a conspiracy. Trusted allies become potential enemies and he starts to sense that everyone is keeping a bigger secret from him, even Drew. 
  He must use his wit to discern friend from foe and to read between the lines of his scripted world before the people in control realize he knows 
  in order to break free in  
  The 15th of Finality.

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  Upon His Mistress Dancing

  James Shirley

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Upon His Mistress Dancing by James Shirley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January, 15, 2012.James Shirley (sometimes spelt Sherley) was a prolific English playwright and poet who was active in the first half of the seventeenth century. (Summary by Lucy Perry)

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