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  Five Years with the White Man...

  Eloka Obi, Saul Boyer

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  A startling account of satirist ABC Merriman-Labor – the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten – whose dreams of becoming the greatest writer of his generation lead him on a defiant journey from Sierra Leone to Edwardian London.
  Eloka Obi and Saul Boyer's play Five Years with the White Man features a kaleidoscope of characters and was premiered at VAULT Festival, London, in 2023.

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  One For Sorrow (NHB Modern Plays)

  Cordelia Lynn

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  During an attack on London, Imogen joins a social media campaign offering refuge to victims. Before her family have even had a chance at a reasonable discussion, John is at their door.
  He is different to them. He isn't what they expected. And although they'd never admit it to themselves, he isn't necessarily what they want.
  Cordelia Lynn's play One For Sorrow was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, on 20 June 2018, in a production directed by James Macdonald.

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  The Heart of It - As You Like It...

  Elizabeth McNamer

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  As You Like It and A Midsummer Night'             s Dream are two comedies by William Shakespeare that have been entertaining audiences for centuries. Both have been adapted to radio and film and continue to be taught in high schools and universities. But as with most of Shakespeare'             s works, modern audiences sometimes need some help absorbing elements of both plays. In a series of lectures, literary scholar Elizabeth McNamer provides engaging insights into these two Shakespeare classics. Dr. McNamer begins with a focus on the love story of Orlando and Rosalind and how As You Like It spoofs conventional literary themes of love. McNamer then focuses on the themes of jealousy, imagination, patriarchy, and the many difficulties of love in A Midsummer Night'             s Dream. While these lectures are grounded in scholarly research, they are also accessible for contemporary audiences, helping them appreciate more fully these two great theatrical works.

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  Twelfth Night

  William Shakespeare

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  Shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria, Viola assumes the role of a male page to Duke Orsino. The Duke sends Viola, now disguised as ‘Cesario’ to press his suit with the beautiful Olivia – who promptly falls in love with Cesario. Confusion reigns until the truth is untangled and true love triumphs. 
   
  Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2022. 
   
  Adapted and Directed by Martin Jarvis 
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg 
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring: 
  Rosalind Ayres as Maria  
  Tara Lynne Barr as Olivia 
  Chris Butler as Orsino 
  JD Cullum as Antonio 
  Sarah Drew as Viola  
  Martin Jarvis as Sir Toby Belch 
  Adhir Kalyan as Sir Andrew Aguecheek 
  Stacy Keach as Feste, the Fool 
  André Sogliuzzo as Fabian, Curio, Valentine and others 
  Josh Stamberg as Malvolio 
  Mark Jude Sullivan as Sebastian 
   
  Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Recording and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll 
  Editing and Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll 
  Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin 
  Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner 
  Guitar Accompaniment by JD Cullum

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  The Poetry Of Emily Jane Bronte

  Emily Brontë

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  In the small village of Haworth in Yorkshire the Bronte family created novels and poems that are still admired to this day around the world.  The middle of the three Bronte sisters, Emily Jane was born on 30th July 1818. The author of ‘Wuthering Heights’ she was also a very talented poet as witnessed here in this collection.  She died of tuberculosis at the age of only 30 on 19th December 1848.  So frail at death her coffin measured only sixteen inches wide.

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  All the Way Home

  Ayub Khan Din

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  A deeply emotional comedy drama from the author of East is East, exploring the relationships we have with our roots, and with those that we love but don't always understand.
  Bonfire Night. Salford, 2002. A disparate group of warring siblings gather at the family home under the shadow of impending loss.
  Amidst the cut and thrust of spiky Salford banter, long harboured resentments rise to the surface, and loyalties are tested as family bonds unite and divide, unravel and unwind.
  All the Way Home premiered at the Lowry in Salford in 2011.
  'Khan-Din is writing from first-hand experience... he has plainly retained an ear for salty Salfordian speech... and there are some terrific one-liners' - Telegraph

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