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  Caterpillar (NHB Modern Plays)

  Alison Carr

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  Bayview is the only B&B closed for business on the busiest weekend of the year in this faded seaside town. Greasy fish 'n' chips, sticks of rock and pot-bellied Spiderman is throwing himself off the pier. The annual 'Birdman' competition is in full flight.
  Alison Carr's play Caterpillar is a darkly funny, searing and tender drama about the moment when we find ourselves standing on the edge, and wonder if we dare to step off.
  A finalist in the prestigious Theatre503 Playwriting Award, Caterpillar premiered at Theatre503, London, in August 2018, prior to the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.

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  The Poetry of Wind and Rain -...

  William Shakespeare, Percy...

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  When the wind blows and the rain lashes our emotions can become dulled and our thoughts depressed but sometimes these swirling conditions can excite and invigorate.  Whether we shut the door physically or delight in watching nature's displays, we cannot ignore the weather. It’s the natural topic of conversation for the British.  Summer breezes and spring showers can elevate our senses bringing a thump to the heart, a grin to the face and an abandon to immerse yourself in nature's ever changing wonders. 
  For poets these elemental forces that signal change can often inspire.  Muses summon themselves and through brain, heart and pen a myriad of expressions are revealed to a poet and capture his thoughts and views upon these transitory natural forms. Within this volume, poets such as Keats, Emily Dickinson, Algernon Charles Swinburne and Amy Lowell speak of wind and rain to storm and hurricane. 
  This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing.  Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.

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  A Rhyme A Dozen ― Fruit - 12...

  Elinor Wylie, Mirabai, D H...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
  1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  Fruit - An Introduction 
  2 - Epigram on Fruit by Diodorus 
  3 - Wild Peaches by Elinor Wylie 
  4 - Moonlit Apples by John Drinkwater 
  5 - The Pomegranate by Alice Corbin 
  6 - Oranges and Lemons from Sicily by Abd-al-Rahman 
  7 - The Plums Tasted by Mirabai 
  8 - Sonnet 13 -  Summer Fruit by Rainer Maria Rilke 
  9 - This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams 
  10 - Apples by Jonathan Swift 
  11 - Cherry Ripe by Robert Herrick 
  12 - Figs by D H Lawrence 
  13 - Quince by Shafer Ben Utman Al-Mushafi

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  Before It Rains (NHB Modern Plays)

  Katherine Chandler

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  Funny, brave and beautifully told, Before It Rains is a tale of parenthood, protection and provocation set on a proud, forgotten Cardiff estate.
  Gloria is a single mum who enjoys sitting in her deckchair drinking her troubles away on her allotment, while her gentle son, Michael, digs the soil and makes sure everything is in order. From a relocated, troubled home, Carl - wild, unpredictable and near feral - watches both the mother and son with interest, bouncing his ball.
  'A slice of raw life...draws the audience right into the heart of how we cope with intimidation from outside and within.' - The Stage
  'Sparse, tense and unnerving' - The Venue

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  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in collaboration with his friend William Wordsworth, revolutionised English poetry; in 1798 they produced their Lyrical Ballads, poems of imagination and reflection using ‘the language of men’. They pointed the way forward for a generation of Romantic poets. Coleridge’s addiction to opium affected his poetic output, and yet the handful of poems he did produce were innovative. These ranged from the quietly conversational to the wildly imagined, and include two of the greatest in English literature: Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

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  Jack and the Beanstalk - A Radio...

  Benjamin Tabart

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  A poor woman lives far from London in a cottage with her "indolent, careless, and extravagant" son, Jack. The two have little money and are forced to sell their last possession, a cow. Jack leads the animal along the road and meets an old man who trades some magic beans for the cow. 
  Jack’s mother is furious when she discovers he has come home with no money, and tosses the beans away. The next morning, Jack finds a beanstalk has grown to the clouds and climbs it...finally reaching a castle, high above the sky!

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