![]() ![]() Joining the family members in Dora’s capacious home are Declan’s friends Larry and Paul, gay men who, to the initial chagrin of Lily, have come to nurse the rapidly declining Declan. The revelation of his terminal health condition comes in tandem with his coming out as gay to his teacher sister Helen, businesswoman mother Lily, and his grandmother. Set in County Wexford in the 1990s, the play centres on Declan Breen – a young, gay man in the advanced stages of infection with AIDS – as he arrives at the home of his grandmother, family matriarch Dora Devereux. ![]() A new stage adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s Booker Prize-nominated 1999 novel, adapted and directed by David Horan, The Blackwater Lightship was always likely to be a highlight of the 2022 Dublin Theatre Festival. ![]()
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![]() ![]() If you want a first hand description of this history changing figure, than John Marshall's work is essential. As a contemporary and peer of Washington, he has a unique and intimate perspective on the man that no other historian can claim. John Marshall's description of the life, character, and achievements of the "Father of America" is unparalleled by any other author. A very nice set, uncommon in contemporary calf. In very good condition with minor edge wear, some light offsetting to the atlas. With the original atlas. The scarce atlas contains the hand-colored two-page maps. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf, red and black morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. ![]() 6 volumes, including the atlas, which contains 10 maps. ![]() Item Number: 81144įirst editions of Marshall’s magisterial biography of Washington. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether you’re a teacher or a homeschooling parent, keep reading to find out how to teach Kwanzaa to kids. On top of that, celebrating Kwanzaa traditions with kids is a fun experience. Kwanzaa for kids is a much-needed topic, which will help children understand and respect diversity. In that spirit, we made this article to help you teach kids about Kwanzaa, an annual winter holiday from the African-American culture. ![]() And, as more and more families in the United States are becoming interfaith families, there’s an increased awareness about the need of teaching kids different cultural celebrations. If you thought that December is all about Christmas and Hanukkah, think again! December might be the month with the highest number of multinational festivals and holidays. ![]() ![]() Lamore disrupts the editorial tradition of selecting a London edition of Equiano's Interesting Narrative, and positions Equiano in the United States instead of Great Britain. By reissuing Mott's neglected adaptation with contextualizing scholarly apparatus, Eric D. ![]() ![]() Mott adapted Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative, a bestselling autobiography first published in London in 1789, for Black children studying at New York African Free Schools, one of the first educational systems to teach individuals of African descent in the United States. In 1829, Samuel Wood and Sons, a New York publisher of children's literature, printed and sold the Quaker Abigail Field Mott's Life and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano. An adaptation of Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative published for Black children in 1829, now given new life in a major scholarly edition. ![]() ![]() ![]() Currently, Lai makes comics and illustrations in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal, Quebec) where she lives with her roommates and two sweet cats. ![]() Lee Lai was born in 1993 in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. That’s one reason I admire her work as much as I do.” ![]() “Lee’s story could only be told through comics, and the way she depicts these characters’ lives, in all their complexity, is a beautiful use of the medium. “I was immediately impressed not only by what a penetrating, deeply felt, and intimate story Lee told, but by how stylistically sophisticated the drawing and the storytelling is,” says Fantagraphics Publisher, Gary Groth. I’m stoked to finally be putting it out into the world, and specifically with Fantagraphics.”Īt turns joyful, tender, and heartbreaking, Lee Lai’s water colored graphic novel debut reveal how painful it can be to be vulnerable with your loved ones-and yet how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. Working on this book has been such an exciting learning curve. “There’s a handful of Australian cartoonists now who are part of the Fantagraphics family- some of us have been close since we were baby artists in Melbourne- and it’s been so cool watching their work grow with support from Fantagraphics. “I’ve been influenced by books and artists published by Fantagraphics since I was a teen, so it’s pretty unreal and amazing to be releasing this debut work with them,” explains Lee Lai. ![]() ![]() ![]() Milne's "Elizabeth Bennet," performed over the radio in 1944 to raise morale, to this year's Love and Friendship. The film world's love affair with Austen spans decades, from A.A. This updated edition features an introduction and a brand new chapter that delves into the long and lucrative history of Austen adaptations. An exploration of Austen's passion for the stage-she acted in amateur productions, frequently attended the theatre, and even scripted several early works in play form-it took a nuanced look at how powerfully her stories were influenced by theatrical comedy. Originally published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2003 as Jane Austen and the Theatre, Paula Byrne's first book was never made widely available in the US and is out of print today. Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this updated edition of Paula Byrne's debut book includes new material that explores the history of Austen stage adaptations, why her books work so well on screen, and what that reveals about one of the world's most beloved authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() And John Sturrock in the "New Statesman," 'Allais stands, along with Jarry, at the head of the most dazzling and highly educated tradition of French humour, as witty as it is whimsical'. ' On first publication, in 1976, Clive James in the "Observer "said 'Allais has been dead 70 years but his mocking tone ensures him a permanently relevant after-life'. His humour kept all Paris, high and low, waiting breathlessly for the paper which would carry his next tale. From an ordinary phenomenon, simple sentiment or situation, he would logically deduce the looniest, most macabre and most unexpected result. In the words of Lisa Appignanesi, 'Allais was a consummate absurdist. Alphonse Allais has been described as the greatest humorous writer ever. has done a difficult job well, even preserving some of Allais's puns'. Not an easy task, you might think, and in translating Alphonse Allais into English, Miles Kington set himself a similar challenge. In one of his "Independent" pieces Miles Kington once referred to a volume of Edward Lear's limericks translated into French. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, after he is four-years-old, Beauty suffers a series of upsets that lead him to a degrading life of hardship. ![]() He recounts his happy days as a carefree foal raised by a loving mare on a fine English farm owned by a kind and understanding squire. “I have never forgotten my mother’s advice.”īLACK BEAUTY: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horseīlack Beauty, by Anna Sewell, is the eponymous memoir of a handsome black horse with a white star on his forehead. I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways, do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never or kick even in play.” You have been well-bred and well-born your father has a great name in these parts, and your grandfather won the cup two years at the Newmarket races your grandmother had the sweetest temper of any horse I ever knew, and I think you have never seen me kick or bite. “I wish you to pay attention to what I am going to say to you. ![]() ![]() But Sebastian’s past still threatens their future. He’s only waiting for the right moment to pledge his eternal love for her. He has carried a ring in his pocket for her almost from the first moment they met. Sebastian has longed for Arielle, like no other. Arielle already knows Sebastian is the one man she will love for eternity. Her terrifying experience has her rethinking her vow of remaining chaste until marriage. The return of Sebastian Gaulle, Arielle’s Immortal love, brings a return of joy. ![]() ![]() It is during Sebastian’s absence that a stranger enters Arielle’s life at the university and threatens to shatter her joy with a vicious assault. She longs for Sebastian, but stays busy with school, and finds comfort in spending time with her best friends, Gabby and Eva. Arielle Lloyd has found the love of her life, but his business as the owner of an international company calls him away. ![]() ![]() ![]() To reverse this process is the madness of acting: that is, “to create credible situations, in order that they may appear true.”įather explains that as their author unjustly denied them stage-life and its immortality, they bring their drama to the company. When the Manager replies that he has no time for madmen, Father rejoins that he must know life is full of absurdities that do not need to appear plausible since they are true. A “tenuous light” surrounds them-the “faint breath of their fantastic reality.” With embarrassment, the Father explains to the angry Manager that they are in search of an author. ![]() The Leading Man asks if he must absolutely wear a cook’s cap. ![]() The company enters from the back and gets ready for a rehearsal of Pirandello’s Mixing it Up. The Manager enters and calls for the second act. Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello ![]() |