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  Punks - New Selected Poems

  John Keene

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  A landmark collection of poetry by acclaimed fiction writer, translator, and MacArthur Fellow John Keene, Punks: New  Selected Poems is a generous treasury in seven sections that spans decades and includes previously unpublished and brand new work. With depth and breadth, Punks weaves together historic narratives of loss, lust, and love. The many voices that emerge in these poems—from historic Black personalities, both familial and famous, to the poet's friends and lovers in gay bars and bedrooms—form a cast of characters capable of addressing desire, oppression, AIDS, and grief through sorrowful songs that "we sing as hard as we live." At home in countless poetic forms, Punks reconfirms John Keene as one of the most important voices in contemporary poetry.

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  William Shakespeare - A Tribute...

  Ben Jonson, John Milton, Matthew...

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  William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in late April 1565 and baptized there on 26th April. He was one of eight children. Little is known about his life but what is evident is the enormous contribution he has made to World Literature.  His writing was progressive, magnificent in scope and breathtaking in execution.  His plays and sonnets helped enable the English language to speak with a voice unmatched by any other. 
   
  William Shakespeare died on the 23rd April 1616, survived by his wife and two daughters.  He was buried two days after his death in the chancel of the Holy Trinity church. 
   
  Poets rarely praise another of their kind but Shakespeare deserved all their praise – and more.  And our poets down the centuries have been lavish and fulsome with him. Or to paraphrase the great Bard himself:—‘If words shall be the food of love, read on….’

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  Oh! Had We Some Bright Little...

  Thomas Moore

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  Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Last Rose of Summer".Moore is often considered Ireland's National Bard and is to Ireland what Robert Burns is to Scotland.  - Summary by Wikipedia

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  Tamburlaine the Great Part 2

  Christopher Marlowe

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  Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur 'the lame'. Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone in Elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity. Along with Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, it may be considered the first popular success of London's public stage. 
   
  In Part 2, Tamburlaine grooms his sons to be conquerors in his wake as he continues to conquer his neighbouring kingdoms. One of his sons, Calyphas, preferring to stay by his mother's side and not risk death, incurs Tamburlaine's wrath. Seeing this son as a coward, Tamburlaine kills him in anger after a battle in which he refuses to fight. During this time, Bajazeth's son, Callapine, plans to avenge his father's death. Finally, while attacking an Islamic nation, he scornfully burns a copy of the Qur'an and claims to be greater than God. Suddenly, Tamburlaine is struck ill and dies, giving his power to his remaining sons, but still aspiring to greatness as he departs life. (Summary by Wikipedia) 
   
   
  Click here for Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1Cast 
  Narrator; Concubine 3: Tina NuzziPrologue; DP; GOVERNOR OF DAMASCUS; GOVERNOR OF BABYLON: Martin GeesonTAMBURLAINE, king of Persia: David GoldfarbCALYPHAS, son of Tamburlaine: Sarah CramptonAMYRAS, son of Tamburlaine: Liberty StumpCELEBINUS, son of Tamburlaine: Tina NuzziTHERIDAMAS, king of Argier: Timothy FergusonTECHELLES, king of Fez: ReadalotUSUMCASANE, king of Morocco: Paul AndrewsORCANES, king of Natolia: Frank BookerKING OF TREBIZON; URIBASSA: Robert ScheidKING OF SORIA; KING OF AMASIA; GAZELLUS, viceroy of Byron; MAXIMUS; PIONERS; PERDICAS; First Physician; Soldiers: Algy PugKING OF JERUSALEM; SIGISMUND, King of Hungary: Dale BurgessFREDERICK, Lord of Buda and Bohemia; CAPTAIN: Marty KrisBALDWIN, Lord of Buda and Bohemia; ALMEDA, his keeper: bishCALLAPINE, son to BAJAZETH, and prisoner to TAMBURLAINE: Amy GramourCAPTAIN’S SON; Concubine 2: Arielle LipshawMessenger; Citizen: AilinaSecond Citizen: Beth ThomasZENOCRATE, wife to TAMBURLAINE: Sandra GOLYMPIA, wife to the CAPTAIN: deboleeConcubine 1: Elizabeth Klett 
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  Demons

  Robert Brustein

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  A free adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, set in modern times. In Demons, Dr Faustus has become Peter Proud, a rather bored Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School who becomes obsessed with the supernatural world. This adaptation also ads a whole new section to the play, with a new character, the hero’s dead wife, and a new motive behind his quest for knowledge: the desire to resurrect her.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Richard Benjamin, Raymond Fox, Jonathan Fried, Jeremy Geidt, Timothy Karcher, John Lathan, Paula Prentiss, Matt Rauch and Mark Zeisler.

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  Theatre Royal - Markheim &...

  Robert Louis Stevenson,...

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  Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the worlds’ leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov.  These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

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