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An upbeat and empowering wartime tale about teamwork, collaboration and beating the odds.Its 1943, World War II rages on, and the men are gone. Its left to the women in the workmens boots to pick up the pieces in the factory. Theyre being relied upon to build the planes that could win the war, and they take the responsibility seriously.On this particular day, theyre attempting to build a Wellington bomber in record-breaking time: under twenty-four hours. As temperatures rise and prejudices bubble up, will they be able to pull together in time? Rachel Harpers play Wellington 24 was first performed by the students at Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, as part of the Write the Girl project.The Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series features large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people. For more information, visit www.multiplaydrama.co.uk.

Its the legendary hot summer of 1959 and while the Cold War rages and America tunes into I Love Lucy, Captain Jack Fox - believed missing in action in the fields of France fifteen years before - is about to be reunited with his family in the Hamptons. But is this really Jack Fox? And if it isnt, who is this man? And why are there twenty-two other families so intent on claiming him as their own? A sparkling comedy of identity, lost and found, based on Jean Anouilhs hit 1937 play, Le Voyageur sans bagage, Anthony Weighs Welcome Home, Captain Fox! premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in February 2016.

The anthology Webster & Tourneur encapsulates the intricate dance of Jacobean tragedy through an expertly curated selection of plays. The collection celebrates the macabre beauty and profound complexities of revenge tragedies, illuminating the bleak landscapes and fatalistic themes prevalent in early 17th-century drama. Within its pages, readers encounter a range of literary stylesfrom the densely woven webs of poetic dialogue to starkly vivid imagery that punctuates the narratives. This anthology stands out for its exploration of social, political, and existential themes, offering deep insight into the human condition, and highlights key dramatic pieces that exemplify the eras theatrical ingenuity. The editors have assembled works that reflect the transformational period of Jacobean England, reflecting the dark undercurrents of a time teetering on the cusp of change. The contributors, notably Cyril Tourneur and John Webster, were instrumental figures within the movement. Their works collectively resonate with the shadows of their cultural milieu, dealing with themes of corruption, betrayal, and the relentless pursuit of retribution. By drawing from the socio-political climate of their time, these playwrights offer readers a portal into a world where the court and the common man alike grapple with mortality and morality. Reading Webster & Tourneur is an invitation to plunge into the depths of Jacobean tragedy, enriched by the perspectives of two masterful playwrights. This compilation offers not only a literary journey through revenge-driven narratives but also an educational experience intricately tied to its historical context. It serves as a vital resource for those seeking to understand an era defined by its dramatic tension, incisive wit, and the universal struggles of its characters. With each piece, the collection promises to engage, enlighten, and provoke thoughtful discourse on the timeless themes of power, identity, and human frailty.In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:- A succinct Introduction situates the works timeless appeal and themes.- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the eras events and influences that shaped the writing.- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the works messages, connecting them to modern life.- Handpicked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.

One day a family burned inside a house behind me and then I ate a chimichanga.Stacey Gross is a California weather girl. An underpaid harbinger of our coming extinction.But today, her regular routine of wildfires, Prosecco and teeth whitening descends into a scorched earth catastrophe, before she discovers something that will save us all.A dizzying rampage into the warped soul of America, Weather Girl is a blistering dark comedy about wrecking the places we love. It was first performed by Julia McDermott at Summerhall during the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, directed by Tyne Rafaeli and produced by Francesca Moody Productions, winning an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, the 2024 Popcorn Writing Award and a Summerhall Lustrum Award.

I wish there could be a day where families came together and just said it all to each other. Because then everyone would know it all, and thered be nothing left to hurt anyone. Sussex. London. Wiltshire. Northamptonshire. Wales. Over three decades, a family spreads across the country, and the chord they made together starts to fray, the distance between them changing the music of their lives. Barney Norriss We Started to Sing is a love song to the people who raised him, and a hymn to the bravery of our brief lives. The play premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in May 2022.

A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.While the men are fighting Hitler and the bombs are falling on London, a girls only theatre company sets out in a battered 1920s Rolls-Royce to bring Shakespeare to a culture-starved Britain.Imogen Stubbs play We Happy Few was inspired by the real-life Osiris Players, whose travelling productions during the War inspired many to take up the profession - Judi Dench to name but one.We Happy Few was premiered at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End in June 2004 in a production directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Juliet Stevenson and Patsy Palmer. An earlier version of the play was performed in 2003 at Malvern Theatres.

Poet, playwright and novelist Blake Morrison evokes the lives of the Bronte sisters, with a nod to Chekhovs Three Sisters.Against the backdrop of a windswept northern village, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly.In Haworth in the 1840s, in a gloomy parsonage, where there are neither curtains nor comforts, Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte light up their world with outspoken wit, aspirations, dreams and ideas. And throughout their confined lives intensely lived they write.With a touch of poetic licence, Morrison shows us the overwhelming humanity, charged emotions and brooding unease which characterise the Bronte household - and that of Chekhovs Three Sisters.Blake Morrisons play We Are Three Sisters was first performed at the Viaduct Theatre, Halifax, in 2011.

This is a locals pub. And whats the problem with locals? They die.Inconsiderate bastards.All over London, public houses become private flats. Tomorrow The Anchor closes for good. Its the end of an era, but Kenny and the gang are going out with a bang. Theres a blow-up sheep, karaoke and a lot of Campari. Theres secrets and grudges and forgotten dreams. As the front doors are locked and the bar is drunk dry, theres a lot more to lose than just a pub.Anna Jordans play We Anchor in Hope premiered at The Bunker, London, in 2019, produced by The Bunker and W14 Productions in association with the Royal Court Theatre, and directed by Artistic Director Chris Sonnex.

"There was then a battle in heaven. Michael and his angels warred against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. The great dragon was then cast down, the ancient serpent, called the devil or Satan, the seducer of the whole world; he was cast down to earth and his angels with him.Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: Now has come salvation, the power, and kingdom of our God as well as the authority of his Christ because the accuser of our brothers has been cast out, the one who accused them day and night before our God. And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they despised life itself even to death. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens, and all you that dwell in him! Woe to land and sea, for the devil has come down to you, filled with great wrath, knowing that he has little time left.

I want you to do yourself proud, Joey. You go and drive those Germans back where theyve come from, and then come home to me. At the outbreak of World War one, Joey, young Alberts beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Caught up in enemy fire, fate takes Joey on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no mans land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.War Horse was revived for a major UK tour in 2024-2025. The playtext has a brand new cover to coincide with the tour, but it still contains the original text, first published in 2007. Nick Staffords adaptation for the stage of the celebrated novel by the Childrens Laureate (2003-05) Michael Morpurgo leads us on a gripping journey through history. War Horse premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2007.

1945-1946. Fim da Segunda Guerra. Com a maioria de seus homens mortos ou prisioneiros, duas alems e duas holandesas com suas belezas e coraçes conquistam oficiais canadenses vitoriosos. O destino fez com que se encontrassem no Canada como imigrantes e esposas. E encerrassem seus sofrimentos.

1945-1946. Fim da Segunda Guerra. Com a maioria de seus homens mortos ou prisioneiros, duas alems e duas holandesas com suas belezas e coraçes conquistam oficiais canadenses vitoriosos. O destino fez com que se encontrassem no Canada como imigrantes e esposas. E encerrassem seus sofrimentos.

A magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoys novel and first staged by Shared Experience.One of the longest novels in Western literature, Tolstoys War and Peace intertwines its epic account of Napoleons invasion of Russia with the tale of three aristocratic families.Painted on a vast canvas of locations, characters and experiences, Helen Edmundsons stirring adaptation is an intricate saga of families, love and friendship against a backdrop of war.This two-part adaptation of War and Peace by Helen Edmundson was first staged by Shared Experience on UK tour in 2008.Helen Edmundsons earlier, one-part adaptation of War and Peace was staged by Shared Experience at the National Theatre in 1996.

-Sex isnt just about how big and how long. -What is it about then? -All sorts of things. Joy is struggling to remain interested in sex. Her husband thinks of little else. And their teenage son is ready to burst. Nick Paynes frank and compassionate play explores sex and intimacy - and asks whether the two are inevitably and inextricably linked.

When Maggie Byrne attends the retirement dinner of her old music teacher at the convent school she attended, she discovers she has more in common with the founding nun, Cornelia Connelly, than she previously realised. As events in Maggies world progress and relationships break down, Cornelias remarkable life waltzes and weaves through Maggies, bringing them together through their shared love for music.Inspired by true stories of the nineteenth-century educational pioneer and reverend mother Cornelia Connelly and an ex-student of one of the schools she founded, Waltz With Me paints a moving picture of the challenges of marriage and motherhood, the calling of vocation, the nature of personal sacrifice for a greater cause and the impact of faith, infusing live waltz, sacred and folk music through the unfolding drama.

This is the third and final part of the Wallenstein trilogy by German playwright and mastermind Friedrich Schiller. The work as a whole produced a profound impression, and it is certainly Schillers masterpiece in dramatic literature. He brings out with extraordinary vividness the ascendency of Wallenstein over the wild troops whom he has gathered around him, and at the same time we are made to see how the mighty generals schemes must necessarily end in ruin, not merely because a plot against him is skilfully prepared by vigilant enemies, but because he himself is lulled into a sense of security by superstitious belief in his supposed destiny as revealed to him by the stars. Wallenstein is the most subtle and complex of Schillers dramatic conceptions, and it taxes the powers of the greatest actors to present an adequate rendering of the motives which explain his strange and dark career. The love-story of Max Piccolomini and Thekla is in its own way not less impressive than the story of Wallenstein with which it is interwoven. This is the bilingual edition of this literary masterpiece including the English and German versions of the play.

Wallenstein, Volume Two The Piccolomini marks the dramatic turning point in Friedrich Schillers Wallenstein trilogy. Written in 1799, it follows Wallensteins Camp and delves into the psychological and political tensions that drive the empires most powerful general toward rebellion. Whereas the first volume presented the broad social landscape of war, The Piccolomini narrows the focus to the intricate interplay of ambition, loyalty, and deception among the leaders of the imperial army.The central conflict revolves around Albrecht von Wallenstein, commander of the imperial forces, who begins to waver between allegiance to the Emperor and his own growing desire for autonomy. Schiller portrays him as a deeply complex figure visionary yet indecisive, proud yet tormented by doubt. Around him gathers a circle of allies and enemies whose motives are as ambiguous as his own. Among these figures, Octavio Piccolomini emerges as the embodiment of loyal service to the Emperor, while his son Max Piccolomini becomes a tragic intermediary, torn between filial obedience and his love for Wallensteins daughter, Thekla.The Piccolomini is structured as a political and moral chess game. Through scenes of diplomatic intrigue and intimate dialogue, Schiller explores the slow unraveling of trust. Wallensteins officers hesitate, his subordinates question his loyalty, and imperial spies close in. The plays tension derives not from open conflict but from the silent erosion of faith the moment when ideals collapse under the weight of ambition and fear.At its heart, The Piccolomini is a study of divided loyalties. Maxs inner struggle mirrors that of his commander: both men seek integrity in a world ruled by deceit. His tragic love for Thekla humanizes the plays political drama, giving it an emotional depth that balances its intellectual rigor.Through this volume, Schiller deepens his meditation on freedom, moral responsibility, and destiny. He shows how Wallensteins greatness and downfall stem from the same source his belief that he can command both history and fate. The Piccolomini thus serves as the moral and emotional bridge between the panoramic realism of Wallensteins Camp and the tragic culmination of Wallensteins Death, combining historical grandeur with profound psychological insight.

Wallenstein, Volume One marks the beginning of Friedrich Schillers monumental dramatic trilogy about ambition, loyalty, and betrayal during the Thirty Years War. Written between 1798 and 1799, the trilogy comprising Wallensteins Camp, The Piccolomini, and Wallensteins Death explores the rise and tragic downfall of the imperial general Albrecht von Wallenstein, a historical figure whose pursuit of power leads him into fatal conflict with the very empire he once served.Volume One, Wallensteins Camp, serves as a vivid prologue to the main drama. Rather than focusing on the general himself, Schiller depicts the life and atmosphere within his army encampment. Through a mosaic of voicessoldiers, peasants, officers, and camp followers the play captures the social and moral disarray of a Europe consumed by war. The rough humor, greed, and cynicism of the camp stand in stark contrast to the ideals of honor and loyalty that are soon to be tested in the main action. This first volume paints a broad tableau of wars corruption and the breakdown of unity within the imperial forces.Behind the seemingly chaotic scenes of military life, Schiller introduces the central theme that will dominate the later volumes: the tension between personal ambition and political duty. Wallenstein, though not yet on stage, is already present as a looming figureadmired, feared, and suspected. The camps gossip and rumors reveal the complex web of alliances and betrayals surrounding him, setting the stage for the psychological and moral conflicts that will define the trilogy.Friedrich Schiller (17591805), one of Germanys greatest dramatists and philosophers, combined historical realism with profound ethical inquiry. Alongside Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , he shaped the ideals of Weimar Classicism. In Wallenstein, Schiller transforms a historical episode into a meditation on freedom, destiny, and the moral costs of political power. Volume One establishes this world with a sweeping sense of realism and prepares the reader for the tragic grandeur that unfolds in the later parts of the trilogy.

História contada em dois tempo. O primeiro quando Jackson é pai, e conta sua história para seu filho, o segundo é quando Jack era jovem, e descobre um mundo novo, oculto, onde moram muitas pessoas que possuem um segredo o qual poucos sabero um dia. Um segredo o qual pertence no so a Terra como muito alem disso....

História contada em dois tempo. O primeiro quando Jackson é pai, e conta sua história para seu filho, o segundo é quando Jack era jovem, e descobre um mundo novo, oculto, onde moram muitas pessoas que possuem um segredo o qual poucos sabero um dia. Um segredo o qual pertence no so a Terra como muito alem disso....