Download or read book The Last of the Pelican Daughters written by Wardrobe Ensemble and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In folklore, pelican mothers feed their young on their own blood. Today, four sisters are trying to come to terms with their mother's death - and divide their mother's house between them. Joy wants a baby, Storm wants to be seen, Sage wants to be paid, Maya doesn't want anyone to find out her secret. Granny's in a wheelchair on day release - and Mum's presence still seeps through the ceiling and the floors. The Pelican Daughters are home for the last time. The Wardrobe Ensemble's play The Last of the Pelican Daughters is a comedy about four sisters trying to come to terms with their mother's death. It combines the company's trademark irreverent humour and lovable characters to tackle the idea of what it means for young people to grapple with inheritance, loss and justice. The Last of the Pelican Daughters was first staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019. In addition to the full script of the play, this published edition includes an extensive oral history of The Wardrobe Ensemble by its members, and a workshop plan for two people of different generations to communicate and collaborate in person or online"--Summary.
Download or read book The Last of the Pelican Daughters written by The Wardrobe Ensemble and published by Nick Hern Books. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comedy about four sisters trying to come to terms with their mother's death.
Download or read book Destiny written by Florence Espeut-Nickless and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're sayin I brought it on myself. Oh yeah, they've heard about me. Basically it must've been my fault cause I'm me, Destiny. Destiny dreams big. She dreams glamour. She's gonna be an MTV Base backing dancer, you watch. If J-Lo can make it outta the Bronx then Destiny can make it off the Hill Rise estate in Chippenham. She's fearless, ferocious and up for the fight (she's had to be). Born below the breadline, she's desperate to see beyond the neighbourhood and find hope in hopelessness. This monologue follows the story of a teenage girl growing up on a rural Wiltshire council estate. After a big night out takes a turn for the worst, Destiny's life spirals out of control as she desperately tries to learn how to love and be loved. Florence Espeut-Nickless' debut play is a recipient of The Pleasance's 2021 National Partnerships Award with Bristol Old Vic FERMENT and was shortlisted for Theatre West's Write On Women Award. This edition was published to coincide with the run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022.
Download or read book William Shakspeare s Selected Plays from the last edition of Johnson and Steevens With brief explanatory notes extracted from various commentators etc written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book WORTH written by Joanne Lau and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not stealing if it's from a dead person. Hours before their mother's funeral, the Yeung siblings gather in the family home for the first time in years, only to discover their inheritance is missing. With seemingly £44 to her name and her house due to be repossessed, where has all the money gone? Tensions escalate as they race to find it, uncovering ugly truths and shocking family secrets along the way. Inspired by true events, Joanne Lau's WORTH takes a darkly comic look at family loss and sibling rivalry. Straddling two cultures, this biting comedy asks the question – where do you put your worth? This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere of the New Earth and Storyhouse co-production at London's Arcola Theatre, in April 2023.
Download or read book The Naturalist s Daughter written by Tea Cooper and published by Harper Muse. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two fearless women--living a century apart--find themselves entangled in the mystery surrounding the biggest scientific controversy of the nineteenth century: the classification of the platypus. 1808 Agnes Banks, NSW Rose Winton wants nothing more than to work with her father, eminent naturalist Charles Winton, on his groundbreaking study of the platypus. Not only does she love him with all her heart but the discoveries they have made could turn the scientific world on its head. When Charles is unable to make the long sea journey to present his findings to the prestigious Royal Society in England, Rose must venture forth in his stead. What she discovers will forever alter the course of scientific history. 1908 Sydney, NSW Tamsin Alleyn has been given a mission: travel to the Hunter Valley and retrieve an old sketchbook of debatable value, gifted to the Public Library by a recluse. But when she gets there, she finds there is more to the book than meets the eye, and more than one interested party. Shaw Everdene, a young antiquarian bookseller and lawyer, seems to have his own agenda when it comes to the book. Determined to uncover the book's true origin, Tamsin agrees to join forces with him. The deeper they delve, the more intricate the mystery of the book's authorship becomes. As the lives of two women a century apart converge, discoveries emerge from the past with far-reaching consequences in this riveting tale of courage and discovery.
Download or read book The Glow written by Alistair McDowall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People find me. When it's dark. 1863. An asylum. A woman locked in a windowless cell, with no memory as to who she is, or how she arrived there. When spiritualist medium Mrs Lyall requires a new assistant, this nameless woman seems the perfect candidate. But as the woman's past begins to reveal itself, so do new powers neither are prepared for. Alistair McDowall's haunting new play The Glow was the 2018 Pinter Commission, an award given annually by Lady Antonia Fraser to support a new commission at the Royal Court Theatre. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Royal Court Theatre in January 2022.
Download or read book Tales from the Red Rose Inn and Other Plays written by Don Nigro and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Tales from the Red Rose Inn Childe Rowland to the Dark Tower Came Lucy and the Mystery of the Vine-Encrusted Mansion Darkness Like a Dream Joan of Arc in the Autumn Warburton's Cook Higgs Field Things that Go Bump in the Night Uncle Clete's Toad Malefactor's Bloody Register Capone
Download or read book The Works of William Shakespeare Tragedies written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of William Shakespeare the Plays Ed from the Folio of 1623 with Various Readings from All the Eds and All the Commentators Notes Introductory Remarks a Historical Sketch of the Text an Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Drama a Memoir of the Poet and an Essay Upon His Genius written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Works written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works written by Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book King Lear written by Kevin J. Donovan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume documents the reception and interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear by critics, editors and general readers from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. Following an introduction which provides an historical account of the play's critical reception from the earliest times to the present day, the volume presents a selection of original documents, together with contextual head notes and biographical sketches of the authors and a rationale for their selection, as well as a list of suggested further reading. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.
Download or read book The New Shakspere Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mary Wroth and Shakespeare written by Paul Salzman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last twenty five years, scholarship on Early Modern women writers has produced editions and criticisms, both on various groups and individual authors. The work on Mary Wroth has been particularly impressive at integrating her poetry, prose and drama into the canon. This in turn has led to comparative studies that link Wroth to a number of male and female writers, including of course, William Shakespeare. At the same time no single volume has attempted a comprehensive comparative analysis. This book sets out to explore the ways in which Wroth negotiated the discourses that are embedded in the Shakespearean canon in order to develop an understanding of her oeuvre based, not on influence and imitation, but on difference, originality and innovation.
Download or read book King Lear written by Rene Weis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reissed edition of Longman Annotated Texts King Lear includes comprehensive notes, annotations and an introduction, all designed to be of use to undergraduates and interested readers. King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most widely studied tragedies. However, since the late 1970s textual scholars, critics and editors have argued that there is no single 'King Lear' text. Anyone studying the play needs to be aware of two different texts, one based on the quarto of 1608, The History of King Lear, and a revised version published in the first folio of 1623, The Tragedy of King Lear. This edition offers a fully annotated, modern spelling version of the texts set side by side, identifying and elucidating the major discrepancies between the two. It presents some possible reasons for the differences between the two texts, which themselves shed light on a number of issues relating to literary transmission in the Renaissance and give an insight into the nature of performance and censorship.
