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  Mr Rickey Calls a Meeting

  Ed Schmidt

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  On a spring day in 1947, Mr. Rickey, the powerful General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he taps Jackie Robinson to be the Major League’s first black ballplayer. But a power struggle ensues when the eloquent Robeson raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate white baseball.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Edward Asner, David Downing, Tommy Hicks, Carl Lumbly, Sterling Macer, Charlie Robinson and Rugg Williams.

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  End of Harvest

  William Bell Scott

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  Librivox volunteers bring you eight readings of End of Harvest, by William Bell Scott. This is the fortnightly poetry project for November 9, 2014.

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  A Rhyme A Dozen ― Christmas - 12...

  Alfred Tennyson, Robert Louis...

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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.  Christmas.  An Introduction 
  2 - Ring Out Wild Bells. Christmas Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson 
  3 - Wondrous Sight For Men and Angels by Ann Griffiths 
  4 - A Visit from St Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas) by Clement Moore 
  5 - Upon Christ His Birth by Sir John Suckling 
  6 - The Three Kings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  7 - The Nativity by Henry Vaughan 
  8 - Minstrels.  A Christmas Poem by William Wordsworth 
  9 - The Foolish Fir Tree by Henry Van Dyke 
  10 - The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy 
  11 - The White Snow by Guillaume Apollinaire 
  12 - The House of Christmas by G K Chesterton 
  13 - Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Isolated - Two Plays

  Greg MacArthur

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  Isolated brings together two inventive, disturbing plays by one of Canada’s most intriguing dramatic voices.
   
  In Recovery, people around the world are addicted to a mysterious substance. Large recovery centres are set up, promising refuge, treatment and healing to millions of addicts. But all is not what it seems. Following three residents of a facility in Antarctica, McArthur delivers a quirky and unsettling play that reveals the fear and isolation of the oppressed individual, and the consequences of a medicalized society.
   
  In Get Away, David finds two beautiful teenagers when he escapes to an isolated cabin where he hopes to cure his unusually persistent listlessness. Sensing that they might need protecting – and may be crucial to his survival – he invites them in, but the roles of predator and prey become unclear as the three become dangerously intertwined. Both fantastical and horrifying, Get Away provides a resonating look at the destructive nature of longing and our desperate need for love.
   
  ‘[MacArthur] has a beautiful voice and his analysis of the unpredictability of our sexuality, at once nurturing and predatory, is shrewd.’
   
  – The Globe and Mail (about Get Away)

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  tenderhead

  Jay Délise

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  tenderhead. is just that: tender. A full spectrum of emotion presented with all the love and care it deserves but so seldom receives. This book blends pain, love, joy, and rage almost seamlessly with a wicked sense of humour that cushions each blow as it comes. It reaches back and forward to depict queer Black girls as current and timeless and utterly sublime as the night sky. When you read tenderhead. you won't immediately notice that you've swallowed a mouthful of bees. If you have a bellyful of flowers you will walk away in full bloom, knowing that you – queer Black girl—are the whole world. If you don't, you will leave stung and swollen and deeply uncomfortable. Both may happen. Both are important. (Maz Hedgehog)

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  Bodies (NHB Modern Plays)

  Vivienne Franzmann

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  'We should have brought a gift.'
  'We've brought a gift. It's called twenty-two thousand pounds.'
  Purchased from Russia. Developed in India. Delivered to the UK.
  A global transaction over nine months that offers 'a lifetime of happiness' for all involved.
  Vivienne Franzmann's play Bodies explores the human cost of surrogacy, and what we'll overlook to get what we want. The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, on 5 July 2017, in a production directed by Jude Christian.

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