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The Seagull is one of the best ever dramas about the theatre, yet on the very first opening night it was a famous failure. The play triumphed later in Stanislavskis production and became one of the greatest events in the history of Russian theatre and one of the greatest new developments in the history of world drama.

MASHA and MEDVIEDENKO come in from the left, returning from a walk.MEDVIEDENKO. Why do you always wear mourning?MASHA. I dress in black to match my life. I am unhappy.MEDVIEDENKO. Why should you be unhappy? [Thinking it over] I dont understand it. You are healthy, and though your father is not rich, he has a good competency. My life is far harder than yours. I only have twenty-three roubles a month to live on, but I dont wear mourning. [They sit down].MASHA. Happiness does not depend on riches; poor men are often happy.MEDVIEDENKO. In theory, yes, but not in reality. Take my case, for instance; my mother, my two sisters, my little brother and I must all live somehow on my salary of twenty-three roubles a month. We have to eat and drink, I take it. You wouldnt have us go without tea and sugar, would you? Or tobacco? Answer me that, if you can.MASHA. [Looking in the direction of the stage] The play will soon begin.

"The Scarlet Letter" is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1850 and considered a masterpiece of American literature and a classic moral study.The year is 1642. Boston is a Puritan settlement, and one of its citizens, Hester Prynne, is led from the prison to the scaffold to stand in judgement before the town magistrates. In her arms, she carries her infant daughter Pearl, whose birth has sparked this inquiry. On the scaffold, Hester refuses to reveal the name of the childs father. As punishment, Hester is forced to wear the scarlet letter A that marks her as an adulteress...

The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.

In The Rock Ahead by Edmund Yates, readers are immersed in a thrilling narrative that explores themes of love, betrayal, and societal expectations. Set in the Victorian era, the books literary style is characterized by intricate character development and vivid descriptions of the time periods social norms. The novel is imbued with a sense of drama and tension, keeping readers on the edge of their seats with each page turn. With a keen eye for detail, Yates paints a vivid picture of London society, making the setting come alive for readers. As a prominent figure in Victorian literature, Yates captures the essence of the time period with precision and nuance. His insightful commentary on the constraints of society and human relationships adds depth to the narrative, making The Rock Ahead a compelling read for fans of classic literature. Recommended for those interested in Victorian novels and the exploration of complex human emotions.

The picture of a great, misguided soul, endowed with every gift of excellence; yet lost in spite of all its gifts! Unbridled passions and bad companionship corrupt his heart, urge him on from crime to crime, until at last he stands at the head of a band of murderers, heaps horror upon horror, and plunges from precipice to precipice into the lowest depths of despair. Great and majestic in misfortune, by misfortune reclaimed, and led back to the paths of virtue. Such a man shall you pity and hate, abhor yet love, in the Robber Moor. You will likewise see a juggling, fiendish knave unmasked and blown to atoms in his own mines; a fond, weak, and over-indulgent father; the sorrows of too enthusiastic love, and the tortures of ungoverned passion.

Biagio Martini is a successful lawyer. But he fears thunderstorms, and the memory of what happened in the old house by the river, when he was a child, corrodes his soul. Agata Rubino, on the other hand, is a fearless and courageous woman. She fears nothing as she hunts down the one who destroyed her life. Biagio and Agata do not know each other, they have never met; they do not know that their destinies are about to intertwine in an inexorable way.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

An unrivalled unofficial history of the rise and partial fall of fringe theatre, Mike Bradwells deadpan account of his adventures is one of the funniest and angriest books to come out of theatre today. Winner of the 2010 Theatre Book Prize awarded by the Society for Theatre Research.As he travels through a counterculture peopled by nutters, chancers, dreamers and prophets, Bradwell makes us marvel at his resilience and creativity, captured in a succession of vivid and often laugh-out- loud episodes such as: creating a character with Mike Leigh; enjoying the onstage mass orgasms of The Living Theatre; eating fire with Bob Hoskins; becoming an underwater escapologist (reluctantly) in the Ken Campbell Roadshow; creating Hull Truck; and doing battle with the Health and Safety brigade, the funding bodies and a Polish heavy-metal disco during his ten years running the famous Bush Theatre in West London.Bradwell was a passionate champion of the alternative as well as an admired and successful director. In this book, he makes a compelling and urgent case for preserving the true and subversive spirit of theatre from castration at the hands of bankers, consultants, stakeholders, cultural-diversity compliance monitors and the Arts Council. Towards the end of this brilliant account of his epic forty-year journey, Mike tells us, I dont believe that theatre is safe in the hands of grown-ups, and it is his healthy, eternal youthfulness that makes the book so inspiringMike Leigh, from his Foreword

Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 28 September 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detectives attempt to solve the mystery). Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology. Austin Freeman was the youngest of the five children of tailor Richard Freeman and Ann Maria Dunn. He first trained as an apothecary and then studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital, qualifying in 1887. The same year he married Annie Elizabeth, with whom he had two sons. He entered the Colonial Service and was sent to Accra on the Gold Coast

One man. Two worlds. A timeless tale of power, love, and betrayal.Step into post-Napoleonic France with The Red and the Black, Stendhals legendary exploration of ambition, hypocrisy, and romantic obsession. Follow Julien Sorel a poor yet brilliant young man as he climbs the rigid social ladder through cunning, seduction, and sheer determination.In a world ruled by clergy and aristocrats, Julien navigates the tension between personal dreams and societal expectations. His journey is at once thrilling and tragic, told with sharp insight into the human psyche and the institutions that bind us. A favorite of literary giants like Nietzsche and Balzac, this novel defined 19th-century realism.Whether youre drawn to political intrigue, passionate love, or psychological drama, this classic offers it all in elegant, biting prose that still stirs readers today.

Edith Nesbit was born in London. She grew up in France, Germany, and Kent, and wrote over 60 books of fiction for children, including Five Children and It, The Wouldbegoods, and The Railway Children. She died in 1924 in New Romney, Kent, England.

The Queen Of Dolls And Other Talesby Romana VillariNoir stories for those who love to walk the path of restlessness without stoppingThe Queen Of Dolls And Other TalesThe body of an elderly lady is found in mysterious circumstances. It seems a news story like many others behind which lies an intrigue that Vittoria will discover thanks to her sensorial gifts.The paranormal runs through all the stories of the collection as a guiding thread.

For many people, even within the theatre industry, prop making is something of a dark art, practised by gifted individuals who manage to produce intricate works battling against short deadlines. However, the skills of prop making are relevant to many industries and contexts, whether for art projects, carnival floats, live action role-play (LARP), model railways or film and television. The options and applications are endless, but the traditional skills remain the same. The Prop Makers Workshop Manual is a definitive guide to the materials and practices used within the professional performing arts industries, covering both traditional techniques and modern practices. Supported by original hand-drawn illustrations and over 300 colour photographs, topics covered include: paper mache and card construction; flexible canes and withies; timber and steel frameworks; sculpting, moulding and casting processes; texture and paint techniques; GRP and epoxy resins; thermoformable plastics, including Plastazote and Wonderflex and finally, an introduction to life casting.

Lo, the earths bound and limitary land, The Scythian steppe, the waste untrod of men! Look to it now, Hephaestusthine it is, Thy Sire obeying, this arch-thief to clench Against the steep-down precipice of rock, With stubborn links of adamantine chain. Look thou: thy flower, the gleaming plastic fire, He stole and lent to mortal mana sin That gods immortal make him rue to-day, Lessoned hereby to own th omnipotence Of Zeus, and to repent his love to man!

Australian-born novelist, born Mary Annette Beauchamp. By marriage she became Grafin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a second marriage, Countess Russell. Although known in her early life as Mary, after the publication of her first book, she was known to her readers, eventually to her friends, and finally even to her family as Elizabeth, and she is now invariably referred to as Elizabeth von Arnim. She also wrote under the pen name Alice Cholmondeley.Arnim would later refer to her domineering first husband as the "Man of Wrath" and writing became her refuge from what turned out to be an incompatible marriage. Arnims husband had increasing debts and was eventually sent to prison for fraud. This was when she created her pen name "Elizabeth" and launched her career as a writer by publishing her semi-autobiographical, brooding, yet satirical Elizabeth and her German Garden (1898). Detailing her struggles both to create a garden on the estate and her attempts to integrate into German high-class Junker society, it was such a success that it was reprinted twenty times in its first year. A bitter-sweet memoir and companion to it was The Solitary Summer (1899). Other works, such as the The Benefactress (1902), Vera (1921), and Love (1925), were also semi-autobiographical. Other titles dealing with feminist protest and witty observations of life in provincial Germany were to follow, including The Princess Priscillas Fortnight (1905) and Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther (1907).Although she never wrote a traditional autobiography, All the Dogs of My Life, her 1936 account of her love for her pets, contains many glimpses of the glittering social circle of which she was part.

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three childrens novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 18851886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1852, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 immigrated to the United States, settling near Knoxville, Tennessee. There Frances began writing to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines from the age of 19. In 1870, her mother died, and in 1872 Frances married Swan Burnett, who became a medical doctor. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their two sons were born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C., Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o Lowries), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of childrens fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess.Burnett enjoyed socializing and lived a lavish lifestyle. Beginning in the 1880s, she began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there, where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her oldest son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life. She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townsend in 1900, and divorced him in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, Long Island, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery.In 1936 a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honour in Central Parks Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.

Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. Bennett was born in a modest house in Hanley in the Potteries district of Staffordshire. Hanley is one of a conurbation of six towns which were joined together at the beginning of the 20th century as Stoke-on-Trent. Enoch Bennett, his father, qualified as a solicitor in 1876, and the family moved to a larger house between Hanley and Burslem. Bennett was educated locally in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Bennett was employed by his father but the working relationship failed. Bennett found himself doing jobs such as rent-collecting which were uncongenial. He also resented the low pay; it is no accident that the theme of parental miserliness is important in his novels. In his spare time he was able to do a little journalism, but his breakthrough as a writer came after he had moved from the Potteries. At the age of 21, he left his fathers practice and went to London as a solicitors clerk.

The Act takes place in autumn in a large village. The Scene represents Peters roomy hut. Peter is sitting on a wooden bench, mending a horse-collar. Anísya and Akoulína are spinning, and singing a part song.PETER [looking out of the window] The horses have got loose again. If we dont look out theyll be killing the colt. Nikita! Hey, Nikita! Is the fellow deaf? [Listens. To the women] Shut up, one cant hear anything.NIKITA [from outside] What?PETER. Drive the horses in.NIKITA. Well drive em in. All in good time.PETER [shaking his head] Ah, these labourers! If I were well, Id not keep one on no account. Theres nothing but bother with em. [Rises and sits down again] Nikita! Its no good shouting. One of youd better go. Go, Akoul, drive em in.AKOULINA. What? The horses?PETER. What else?AKOULINA. All right. [Exit].PETER. Ah, but hes a loafer, that lad no good at all. Wont stir a finger if he can help it.ANISYA. Youre so mighty brisk yourself. When youre not sprawling on the top of the oven youre squatting on the bench. To goad others to work is all youre fit for.PETER. If one werent to goad you on a bit, oned have no roof left over ones head before the years out. Oh what people!

ACTINGis a vast and relatively unknown subject... for many. And yet millions are fascinated by it. Why? The answer is because this all-encompassing human art form is as fundamental to the self-actualisation of a human being as reading, writing and maths. We sense this. We know it. Surely the possession of such knowledge would be of great advantage in any profession,in any walk of life, and not just the preserve of stage and film?Why are we not taught these playful and transformative skills in school? This book uncovers why, and reveals top acting secrets, techniques and games that will dramatically change the way you see yourself and the world around you. This is a wonderfully helpful book regarding the importance of adults learning to play again, in order to free themselves from the oppressive everyday tramlines we follow... Josephine is a great inspiration to many people and this book will show you why. Peter Richardson- founder of the COMIC STRIP troupeSculptress of the creative spirit, enkindling in even our most timid selves a passion for play, interconnectedness, listening, ritual and generosity on all of lifes stages,Josephine is an indelible force of love and wisdom, at once ready for a fit of laughteror all hell to break loose. For her teachings and humanity, my immeasurable gratitude! Watch out for that fourth wall; you might fall through it reading this book. Seumas F. Sargent, Performer, Blue Man Group, Berlin Youre a rock, an inspiration, a star-I wish to the heavens Id had teachers like you when I was at school! My God, I could have done anything. Richard Down- a player My life changed beyond all recognition during the last four years coming to your classes with many, many challenges. The safe loving environment you created has been a great source of strength-even when I have been unable to attend! It has been a very important part of my liberation. Louise Gough- a player

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is Charles Dickenss first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836 (most of Dickens novels were issued in shilling instalments before being published as complete volumes). Dickens (still writing under the pseudonym of Boz) increasingly took over the unsuccessful monthly publication after the original illustrator Robert Seymour had committed suicide. With the introduction of Sam Weller in chapter 10, the book became the first real publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical performances, Sam Weller joke books, and other merchandise. After the publication, the widow of Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husbands; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book.