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  The P Word

  Waleed Akhtar

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  'I'm not in your Britain. I'm in another Britain.'
  Zafar flees homophobic persecution in Pakistan to seek asylum in the UK. Londoner Bilal (or Billy as he prefers to be known) is ground down by years of Grindr and the complexity of being a brown gay man.
  In Soho, at 2 a.m., worlds collide – and Zafar and Billy's lives are about to change forever.
  The P Word is Waleed Akhtar's sharp-witted and devastating play charting the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men as they negotiate everything from casual hook-ups to the UK's hostile environment.
  A story of who wins in the luck of life's draw, it was premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2022, directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike and received widespread critical acclaim, winning the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre. It was revived at the Bush Theatre in 2026.

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  Calyx

  Pascal Ringstahl

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  In *Calyx*, the story unfolds of an unusual friendship between Armin, a successful high school graduate, and little Dennis, who is threatened by an incurable virus. As part of his voluntary social year in a municipal hospital, Armin discovers a well-kept secret about a room where Dennis is in the isolation ward. The virus, transmissible through blood and bodily fluids, has turned the once innocent boy into a little monster.    Despite the warnings and his girlfriend Ruth's fear of possible infection, Armin decides to gain little Dennis' trust. A tender friendship develops, which is challenged by Doctor Pneuma's merciless control and the boy's isolation. Ruth, initially skeptical, eventually succumbs to little Dennis' charm and mischievousness.    *Calyx* is not only a novel about friendship and respect, but also a story full of humor, drama, suspense and adventure. The close bond between Armin, Ruth and Dennis is put to the test when they embark on extraordinary adventures together outside the supposed safety of the hospital. This novel shows that nothing in life can be planned and that things always turn out differently than you think.

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  Bogboy

  Deirdre Kinahan

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  Two lost souls – a young heroin addict and a reclusive middle-aged farmer – discover a budding friendship in the bogs of Meath, until a terrible secret comes to light.
  Deirdre Kinahan's short play Bogboy was originally written as a radio play for RTÉ. It was first staged by Tall Tales theatre company at Solstice Arts Centre in 2010.

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  Room with a View A (dramatic...

  E. M. Forster

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  A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the repressed culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Lucy Honeychurch/Narrator: Arielle LipshawCharlotte Bartlett: Elizabeth KlettMr. Emerson: asterixGeorge Emerson: nomorejeffsMr. Beebe: Bob NeufeldMiss Eleanor Lavish: Patti CunninghamMiss Theresa Alan: ElleyKatMiss Catharine Alan: MaryankaItalian Lady/Persephone/Maid: Libby GohnMr. Eager/Powell: Ric FVicar/Sir Harry Otway/Phaethon/Freddy Honeychurch: tovarischMrs. Honeychurch: CaprishaPageCecil Vyse: Brett W. DowneyMrs. Vyse: Etel BussMinnie Beebe: Charlotte DuckettAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

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  To Two Little Sisters of the Poor

  Aline Kilmer

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  Aline Murray Kilmer (August 1, 1888 – October 1, 1941), was an American poet, children's book author, and essayist, and the wife and widow of poet and journalist Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918).Aline attended the Rutgers College Preparatory School with her husband, Alfred Joyce Kilmer and married him soon after his graduation from Columbia University in 1908. In their short marriage, lasting 10 years, her husband had achieved fame as a poet, literary critic and among Catholic circles as America's most prominent Catholic writer. After his death in World War I, Aline began publishing her own poetry and a few children's books. Today, her work is largely forgotten. - Summary by Wikipedia

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  Seasons The (Librovox)

  James Thomson

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  The Seasons is a series of four long poems in blank verse by the Scottish poet James Thomson, each poem describing one of the four seasons. The poems are replete with various scenes of nature described with loving detail, as well as Thomson's view of the proper relationship between humans and nature, which anticipates the attitudes of the Romantics. "Spring," which was published in 1728, first brought Thomson to mainstream attention. He followed it up with "Summer," "Winter," and "Autumn," publishing all four as The Seasons in 1730. It is in large part because of the reputation he garnered from the publication of The Seasons that the critic William Hazlitt called Thomson "the best and most original of our descriptive poets." (Summary by Abe Nemon)

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