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  Ruy Blas

  Victor Hugo

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  Ruy Blas is one of Victor Hugo's most powerful and emotionally charged dramas—a sweeping tale of love, honor, political corruption, and tragic destiny set in seventeenth-century Spain. First performed in 1838, this Romantic masterpiece blends poetic language with intense theatrical action, creating a story that is both deeply personal and boldly political.
  
  At the center of the drama stands Ruy Blas, a humble servant of noble character and extraordinary intelligence. Though born into poverty, he possesses integrity, passion, and a profound sense of justice. His secret love for the Queen of Spain, a woman isolated within the rigid confines of court life, forms the emotional heart of the play. Yet their impossible romance unfolds within a world dominated by manipulation, pride, and moral decay.
  
  The plot is set in motion by the vengeful Don Salluste, a disgraced nobleman determined to destroy the Queen's reputation. Exploiting Ruy Blas's devotion, he disguises him as a nobleman and introduces him into the royal court as part of a calculated scheme. What begins as an act of deceit becomes a transformative journey. Ruy Blas, through his intelligence and compassion, rises to a position of political influence, exposing corruption and advocating for justice in a decaying aristocratic system.
  
  Victor Hugo masterfully contrasts social classes, highlighting the hypocrisy of the ruling elite while elevating the dignity and moral superiority of the common man. Through Ruy Blas, Hugo champions the Romantic ideal of individual worth transcending birth and status. The play becomes not only a tragic love story but also a sharp critique of political corruption and social inequality.
  
  The emotional tension intensifies as Ruy Blas struggles between loyalty to his benefactor, devotion to the Queen, and his own sense of honor. His rise is shadowed by the secret of his true identity, and the inevitable revelation leads to a climax of sacrifice and heartbreak. Hugo's poetic dialogue heightens the drama, imbuing each confrontation with grandeur and intensity.
  
  Rich in passion, intrigue, and moral conflict, Ruy Blas stands as one of Hugo's greatest theatrical achievements. It captures the spirit of Romanticism with its emphasis on emotion, heroism, and the triumph—and tragedy—of the individual soul. At once intimate and political, the play explores timeless themes of love, power, identity, and sacrifice.
  
  A compelling blend of romance and revolution, Ruy Blas remains a powerful work of world drama, offering readers and audiences alike a moving portrait of courage and devotion in a world shaped by ambition and betrayal.

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  A Rhyme A Dozen ― Death - 12...

  Alfred Tennyson, Rainer Maria...

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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 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Death - An Introduction 
  2 - Death Be Not Proud by John Donne 
  3 - Death by Rainer Maria Rilke 
  4 - Elegy Before Death by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  5 - The Poet to Death by Sarojini Naidu 
  6 - After Death by Fanny Parnell 
  7 - Death by John Clare 
  8 - Go Down Death by James Weldon Johnson 
  9 - Crossing the Bar by Alfred Lord Tennyson 
  10 - Such Such Is Death by Charles Sorley 
  11 - I Would Fain Die a Dry Death by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
  12 - A Death Bed by Rudyard Kipling 
  13 - The Death of the First Born by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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  Titus Andronicus

  William Shakespeare

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  Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare's earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written in the early 1590s. It depicts a Roman general who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with his enemy Tamora, the Queen of the Goths. The play is by far Shakespeare's bloodiest work. It lost popularity during the Victorian era because of its gore, and it has only recently seen its fortunes revive. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast: 
  Aaron: David GoldfarbAemilius: Algy PugBassianus: John KoozCaptain: David LawrenceChiron: StrawhengeClown: sprideDemetrius: Arielle LipshawFirst Goth: Arielle LipshawLavinia: Elizabeth BarrLucius: John FrickerMarcus Andronicus: Matthew ReeceMartius: Algy PugMessenger: Elizabeth KlettMutius: Ric FNurse: rashadaPublius: David LawrenceQuintus: Amy GramourSaturninus: om123Second Goth: Arielle LipshawTamora: Elizabeth KlettThird Goth: Ric FTitus Andronicus: Michael IrskensTribunes: Elizabeth KlettYoung Lucius: Arielle LipshawNarrator: Lauren McCulloughAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

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  Customs - Poems

  Solmaz Sharif

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  I said what I meant 
  but I said it 
  in velvet. I said it in feathers. 
  And so one poet reminded me 
  Remember what you are to them. 
  Poodle, I said. 
  And remember what they are to you. 
  Meat. 
  —from “Patronage” 
   
  In Customs, Solmaz Sharif examines what it means to exist in the nowhere of the arrivals terminal, a continual series of checkpoints, officers, searches, and questionings that become a relentless experience of America. With resignation and austerity, these poems trace a pointed indoctrination to the customs of the nation-state and the English language, and the realities they impose upon the imagination, the paces they put us through. While Sharif critiques the culture of performed social skills and poetry itself—its foreclosures, affects, successes—she begins to write her way out to the other side of acceptability and toward freedom. 
  Customs is a brilliant, excoriating new collection by a poet whose unfolding works are among the groundbreaking literature of our time.

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  A Rare Recording of Sylvia Plath...

  Sylvia Plath

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  Sylvia Plath born on October 27, 1932, in Boston, MA, was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) and Ariel (1965), and also The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her suicide on February 11, 1963. In this recording, Plath reads "Tulips," "Poppies In October," "Daddy," "Ariel," "Lady Lazarus," and "The Applicant."

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  Run Rebel - (stage version)

  Manjeet Mann

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  'I am strength
  I am power
  I am courage
  I am revolution
  I am Amber Rai'
  Amber is trapped – by her family's rules and expectations, and by her own fears. But on the running track she feels free. As her body speeds up, the world slows down. And the tangled, mixed-up words in her head start to make sense...
  It's time to start a revolution: for her mother, for her sister, for herself. Run, Amber. Run.
  Manjeet Mann's multi-award-winning verse novel, Run, Rebel, about a young woman beginning to take control of her life, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2021 and won the CILIP Carnegie Shadowers Choice Award, a UKLA Book Award, a Diverse Book Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award.
  This fast-paced, mesmerising stage version, adapted by the author, was first produced in 2023 by Pilot Theatre, with Mercury Theatre, Colchester, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Derby Theatre and York Theatre Royal. This edition also contains a range of teaching materials and resources designed to help educators bring the play to life for their students.
  'Mann's brilliant, coruscating verse novel lays out the anatomy of Amber's revolution, and the tentative first flowerings of hope and change'Guardian

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