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  Snail House (NHB Modern Plays) -...

  Richard Eyre

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  Sir Neil Marriot had a 'good pandemic', becoming familiar to millions from his TV appearances as a government medical advisor. His service even earned him a knighthood, and he is now rewarding himself with a lavish birthday party.
  But, amidst the oak panelling, the champagne and the silver service, his family are at one another's throats again, and he thinks there's something familiar – and somehow unsettling – about one of the catering staff...
  The Snail House is a play about how the past impacts on the present, and how overconfidence can have disastrous consequences. Written and directed by Richard Eyre, it premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in September 2022.

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  Japanese Classic Tales - Short...

  Innofinitimo Media

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  Japanese Classic Tales audiobook contains the following five titles:The Mischievous TeapotThe Bamboo CutterThe Abandoned templeThe MalletThe Cat’s Elopement 
  Please listen to this brief sample of one of the stories to help you decide whether the audiobook is for you. 
  Listening to audio story books helps develop creativity and imagination in kids. It is better than indulge in TV or video games. This resource is suitable for the entire family, including kids of all ages, including teens. 
  We’re sure you’ll enjoy this book. All of our titles are available in major online book stores and libraries. Don’t wait any longer. Get the full audiobook now!

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  Chekhov: Shorts (NHB Classic Plays)

  Anton Chekhov

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  This collection features Chekhov's best-known short plays in brand new translations: three farces, two comic duologues and a monologue, all of them referred to by Chekhov as 'vaudevilles' and all written in the late 1880s before any of his great full-length plays. 'I don't much care for theatre,' he wrote at the time, 'but I do enjoy vaudevilles.'
  The Bear, The Proposal and The Wedding are all farces on the preposterous busness of courtship and marriage. A Tragic Figure and Swansong are comic duologues: one about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha, the other about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories. On the Evils of Tobacco is a bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.
  These accurate and actable translations by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine reveal a dramatist revelling in the broad comedy of human behaviour, a comedy which was refined in his later masterpieces.
  Highly entertaining, these comic shorts offer a fascinating insight into Chekhov's development as a dramatist, and will provide actors at any level - student, amateur or professional - with an ideal showcase.
  This edition also includes an introduction, a chronology of key dates, and a pronunciation guide.

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  Venus & Adonis

  William Shakespeare

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  These two great poems date from Shakespeare’s early years and are full of passion and invention. In Venus and Adonis, the goddess of love pleads with the beautiful boy to submit to her advances and become her love – but he only wants to hunt boar. In the more serious Rape of Lucrece, Shakespeare draws on the Roman take of the Emperor Tarquin’s desire for Lucrece and its tragic consequencies. These poems give prominent parts to the two heroines, and Clare Corbett and Eve Best shine.

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  The Epic of Gilgamesh

  Stephen Langdon

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  An ancient Mesopotamian epic poem of adventure and the search for eternal life. The oldest surviving literary work in the world, The Epic of Gilgamesh details the journey of Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu as they search for the secret to immortality . . .  Dating back to the third millennium BC, this epic poem influenced religion as well as the tradition of heroic sagas like the Homeric epics. Some even regard Gilgamesh as the prototype for Hercules.

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  The Ballad of Abigail Lambert

  S.R. Sotolongo

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  Abigail Lambert was a cynical woman with an uncanny knack for surviving her various attempts at suicide. After saving a teenaged girl named Esperanza from a gang of vicious outlaws, she becomes convinced that shepherding the girl back home, 2,000 miles across the country, will bring Abigail the peace she’s wanted for so long. However, the surviving leader of the outlaw gang is hot on their trail & he will stop at nothing until Esperanza is back in his grasp. 
  In his debut novel, S.R. Sotolongo tells a story of loss, longing, the families we’re born with and the families we build. A journey of restoring hope set against the backdrop of a ruthless American West.

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