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  God Bless Us Everyone

  James Whitcomb Riley

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  James Whitcomb Riley  was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". (Summary from  Wikipedia)This poem is taken from Riley's CHRISTMAS - Its origin, celebration and significance as releated in prose and poetry. Published in 1912.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Heartbreak -...

  Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson,...

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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 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  Heartbreak 
  2 - Helas! by Oscar Wilde 
  3 - A Poor Torn Heart, a Tattered Heart by Emily Dickinson 
  4 - I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling 
  5 - Loves Lies Bleeding by Algernon Charles Swinburne 
  6 - Ebb by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  7 - My Own Heart, Let Me Have More, Have Pity by Gerard Manley Hopkins 
  8 - My Heart is Lame by Charlotte Mew 
  9 - My Heart Cries by Kabir 
  10 - Sonnet 87 - Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear for My Possessing by William Shakespeare 
  11 - When We Two Parted by Lord Byron 
  12 - We Parted in Silence by Isabella Valancy Crawford 
  13 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

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  Second Person Narrative (NHB...

  Jemma Kennedy

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  You're born a girl. You grow up. You grow old. You die. But along the way can you really forge your own identity? Can you actually choose your own destiny? And would you do anything differently if you could do it all over again?
  Second Person Narrative by Jemma Kennedy is part of Platform, a new initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books.
  Aimed at addressing gender imbalance and inequality in theatre, Platform comprises big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.
  'Drama is an important tool for building confidence and empowering young people. Platform will give girls opportunity to access these benefits as much as their male counterparts.' - Moira Buffini

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  Blood and Sand - Hollywood Stage

  Hollywood Stage Productions

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  Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades.  When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in Heaven Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays – on the sponsors dime of course.  Classic films now become audiobooks with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Blood and Sand starring Tyrone Power & Annabella.

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  Hanna (NHB Modern Plays)

  Sam Potter

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  A funny, heartfelt and compelling new play that asks what family means in a modern society, delicately weaving in questions of racial identity, economic privilege, and the lottery of birth.
  Being a young mum is supposed to be hard - but for Hanna, the only thing she's ever been brilliant at is raising her beloved daughter Ellie.
  Until a DNA test reveals staggering news: Ellie is not Hanna's child. And now her 'real' parents want to meet.
  How can an ancient mix-up in an overstretched maternity ward be explained to a three-year-old? Is Hanna supposed to let these strangers into her daughter's life? Forced to question what being a parent really means, Hanna makes a drastic decision that will change all their lives.
  Produced by Papatango Theatre Company, Hanna premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in January 2018, before embarking on a UK tour.

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  The Song of Hiawatha

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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  I sing the Song of Hiawatha,Brave of heart and strong of arm.Daughter's son of old Nokomis,Fathered by the harsh West Wind.With its regular, beating rhythm, the Song of Hiawatha has often been parodied, but in truth, it is a powerful, emotional epic; a hero's life, his loves and suffering. The legends and traditions of the North American Indian swirl together through the tale like a mountain stream, tumbling white over the rocks, and caressing the mossy tree roots.(Summary by Peter Yearsley)[introduction by Woodrow Morris]

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