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  The Man Against the Sky

  Edwin Arlington Robinson

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  "In The Man Against The Sky, Edwin Arlington Robinson presents us with a gallery of characters drawn from the streets, homes and gathering places of Tilbury Town, his fictional Northeastern dwelling place. A mysterious compelling stranger, a woman living on charity, a welcoming home - this and other portraits give us a compelling and perceptive view of the range of human character and feeling. As if to widen the horizons of Tilbury Town, he also imagines people from distant times and places. We hear Ben Jonson speculating about Shakespeare; we see Galahad at the moment of taking his seat at the Round Table, and Cassandra in her old age. At the end of the book, he sums them all up in the brilliant and troubling poem that gives the title to the book, a portrait of a man seen against a fiery sky, a lonely man, unknown, yet representative of all humanity and of the human struggle to achieve - or, at the very least, continue the struggle.""There can be no doubt of the high position he holds in American poetry when we examine 'The Man Against the Sky,' published in 1916. It would seem as though his previous books were merely working up to this achievement, so far beyond them is this volume. A little book of one hundred and forty-nine pages, and yet, in reading it, one experiences a sensation akin to that of the man who opens a jar of comopressed air. It is a profound wonder that so much can have been forced into so small a space. For 'The Man Against The Sky' is dynamic with experience and knowledge of life.""-- Amy Lowell, in Tendencies in Modern American Poetry, 1917, p. 51.A Freshwater Seas production."

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  The Brothers Karamazov and The...

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Fishelson

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  Dostoyevsky’s titanic novels are transformed into spellbinding full cast drama by playwright David Fishelson. In The Brothers Karamazov, the passionate Karamazov brothers spring to life, led by their rogue of a father, who entertains himself by drinking, womanizing, and pitting his three sons against one another. In The Idiot, we meet the childlike Prince Myshkin as he returns to the decadent social whirl of St. Petersburg. The two most beautiful women in town compete for his affections in a duel that grows increasingly dangerous.
  
  Two L.A. Theatre Works full cast performances featuring:
  
  The Brothers Karamazov
  John de Lancie as Ivan Karamazov
  Sharon Gless as Grushenka
  Arye Gross as Alyosha Karamazov
  Harry Hamlin as Dmitry Karamazov
  Kaitlin Hopkins as Katerina
  Joseph Mascolo as Fyodor
  Richard Hoyt Miller as Miusov/Waiter/Mussyalovich/Judge Sergeant
  John Randolph as Zossima/Visitor
  John Rubinstein as Smerdyakov
  Tom Virtue as Father Joseph/Pawnbroker/Vrublevsky/Prosecutor/Coachman
  Ping Wu as Rakitin/Father Paissy/Innkeeper/Defense Attorney
  
  Directed by David Fishelson. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in June of 1994.
  
  The Idiot
  Edward Asner as General Yepanchin
  Kate Asner as Nastasya Filipovna
  Angela Bettis as Aglaya
  Arye Gross as Ganya Ivolgin
  John Kapelos as Lebedev
  Robert Machray as General Ivolgin/Totsky
  Jon Matthews as Parfyon Rogozhin
  Johanna McKayas Varya/Daeya
  Paul Mercier as Prince Sherbatsky/Denisov
  Laurel Moglen as Adelaida
  Michael Rivkin as Eugene Radomsky
  Peggy Roeder as Mrs. Yepanchin/Mrs. Ivolgin/Princess Belokonsky
  Douglas Weston as Prince Myshkin
  
  Directed by David Fishelson. Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in February of 1997.

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  Bird and other monologues for...

  Laura Lomas

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  A cutting-edge monologue that throws light on the experience of a teenager in contemporary Britain, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.
  It's four in the morning and Leah is waiting for her boyfriend to call. Over the course of a single night she tells us what it's like to be fourteen, fearless and full of love. But everything isn't what it seems, and as the sun comes up, Leah begins to unpick the true nature of her relationship.
  Bird was first presented by Root Theatre and Echo, on a tour of the UK, in 2014.
  This edition also features two other hard-hitting and distinctive monologues for young female actors – Gypsy Girl and Where I'm From.

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  Bade Ghar Ki Beti

  Munshi Premchand

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  Bade Ghar ki Beti is a classically acclaimed short story by legendary storyteller Munshi Premchand. The author tells us here about the various problems faced in a joint family and how they are overcome through love and mutual understanding.

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  Deadly Revenge - Get ready for a...

  Leigh Russell

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  A missing child, an absent father, a race against time.
  When a distraught mother reports her baby's sudden disappearance, taken from her cot in the middle of the night, the finger of suspicion immediately points towards her absent husband.
  But Detective Geraldine Steel senses that there's more to this case than meets the eye.
  As the investigation unfolds, a tangled web starts to unravel, exposing hidden secrets within the mother's life. The spotlight falls on her tumultuous relationship with her controlling father, a controversial figure in the political arena.
  With each passing moment, the hunt to find the missing infant becomes more urgent and increasingly perplexing.
  Detective Steel is left with no choice but to cast suspicion upon everyone connected to the family. But just as the truth seems within reach, a shocking discovery turns the case into a dangerous game of deadly revenge.
  Prepare for heart-stopping twists and a race against time as Geraldine Steel navigates a maze of deception and betrayal. As the body count rises, she must unravel the truth before more lives are lost.
  Deadly Revenge is a gripping and suspenseful thriller that will leave you breathless.
  Leigh Russell's masterful storytelling will captivate fans of Angela Marsons, Mel Sherratt, and Karin Slaughter.

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  Cause Célèbre (NHB Modern Plays)

  Terence Rattigan

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  Based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, went on trial with her eighteen-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. In the play, Terence Rattigan pits Alma against a formidable lady juror, whose own life offers a plangent counterpoint to the central tale of love, betrayal, guilt and obsession.
  Published in this edition alongside a major revival of the play at The Old Vic, London, Cause Célèbre was Rattigan's last play and was still running in the West End at the time of his death in 1977.
  It comes, like the other volumes in NHB's uniform edition of Rattigan's plays, with an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato.
  'Few dramatists of this century have written with more understanding of the human heart than Terence Rattigan' - Michael Billington

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