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  Band on the Run

  Hugh O'Neill

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  On the way home from a gig in Belfast, a band of musicians witness something they should not have seen and are innocently involved in the fatalities of a famous politician, a senior policeman, a hitman and their driver. The next day the drummer is murdered, the rest of the band survive a botched attempt to wipe them out. The remaining musicians separate and flee to Tenerife, Oslo, Germany and the Republic of Ireland while the bass player strangely chooses to stay at home. Keeping a low profile when you are a musician is difficult and they soon find out being popular has its price.

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  Contested Will - Who Wrote...

  James Shapiro

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  For nearly two centuries, the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays has been challenged by writers and artists as diverse as Sigmund Freud, Mark Twain, Henry James, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, Malcolm X, and Sir Derek Jacobi. How could a young man from rural Warwickshire, lacking a university education, write some of the greatest works in the English language? How do we explain the seemingly unbridgeable gap between Shakespeare's life and works? 
  Contested Will unravels the mystery of Shakespeare's authorship, retracing why and when doubts first arose, what's at stake in the controversy for how we value Shakespeare's achievement, and why, in the end, there can be no doubt about who wrote the plays.

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  Fired Again

  Annabelle Gurwitch

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  If you spend time at all in the work place you're going to get laid off, downsized, let go, out-sourced, axed, terminated, canceled, canned, dismissed - Fired!  Odds are you might even get Fired Again!  Annabelle Gurwitch's hugely popular book “Fired: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized and Dismissed” has led to the production of a hit movie in addition to the audio-play released by LA Theatre Works. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Scott Carter, Rob Cohen, Eric Gilliland, Jonathan Groff, Annabelle Gurwitch, Jeff Kahn, Wendy Kamenoff, Dani Klein Modisett, Maxine Lapiduss, John Lehr, Carol Leifer, Cathryn Michon, Tonya Pinkins, Matt Price, Glenn Rosenblum, Jessica van der Valk, Jane Edith Wilson and Roy Zimmerman.

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  Shadow and Substance

  Paul Vincent Carroll

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  An overbearing archbishop and a saintly servant are faced with allegations of collusion in the church. Through comedy, drama, and tragedy do they learn the ultimate lesson of humility. Co-starring Helena Carroll, daughter of playwright.Starring: Edward Mulhare as Thomas Canon Skerritt, Finola Hughes as Bridget, Colm Meaney as Dermot Francis O'Flingsley, Bairbre Dowling as Thomasina Concannon, Helena Carroll as Jemima Cooney, Ian Abercrombie as Father Corr, James Lancaster as Father Kirwan, Marty Maguire as Francis O'Connor, Sean McClory as Archibald Holt, Jeanette Nolan as Rosie Violet and CART's Announcer John Harlan.Adapted, produced, and directed by Peggy Webber.

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  Twilight's Last Gleaming

  Harry Shearer

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  Harry Shearer’s parody of  a presidential election. In this fantasy, Bob Dole Jr. faces off against a wrestler named Greenberg as they fight for one family’s votes by camping out in their living room.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Fran Adams, Ed Begley Jr., Judyann Elder, Arye Gross, Daniel Passer, Richard Masur, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard and Kenny Williams.Directed by Harry Shearer. Recorded before a live audience.

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  Queen Anne (NHB Modern Plays)

  Helen Edmunson

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  Helen Edmundson's gripping play tells the little-known story of a monarch caught between friendship and duty.
  1702. William III is on the throne and England is on the verge of war.
  Princess Anne is soon to become Queen, and her advisors vie for influence over the future monarch. Who can Anne turn to when even her most trusted friends seem bent on pursuing power?
  Contending with deceit and blackmail, Anne must decide where her allegiances lie, and whether to sacrifice her closest relationships for the sake of the country.
  Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Queen Anne premiered at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in November 2015, and was revived at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, in 2017.
  'Fascinating... Edmundson is particularly good on the intricacies of court politics... it is invigorating to see a play that shows women exercising power'- Guardian
  'enthralling... provides two absolutely terrific female roles'- WhatsOnStage
  'a richly textured, modern history play... a truly compelling drama'- The Stage

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