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27 produkter
Midwinter
Häftad, 2004
184 kr
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A pedlar announces that the war is over; and as the soldiers return in the fragile peace that follows, the starving people are left to build new lives, to forge new identities. Written in a spare and lyrical language, Midwinter is a play about now, about love, self and a world made from …
Wheel
E-bok, 2011
145 kr
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A man is banished in a soldier's hearing. His daughter is left to wander. In a rash moment, Beatriz offers to take the child back to her father, and so starts an unimaginable journey across continents and in and out of war zones. But in their need to survive, the woman and the child transform in …
Nightingale and Chase
E-bok, 2014
115 kr
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Played this game. Inside, with the other girls. The 'he is going to meet you' game. The 'he is going to meet you with flowers' game. The 'he is going to turn up in a limo' game. The 'he is going to bring champagne' game. The 'he is going to cover you in kisses, or cum, or love bites or bloody …
Midwinter
E-bok, 2014
131 kr
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A pedlar announces that the war is over; and as the soldiers return in the fragile peace that follows, the starving people are left to build new lives, to forge new identities. Written in a spare and lyrical language, Midwinter is a play about now, about love, self and a world made from …
Solstice
E-bok, 2014
131 kr
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A family is riven by intergenerational conflict when forced to resettle in an oppressive state. Solstice explores themes of faith and terror in a world slipping out of control.Zinnie Harris' Solstice is her second RSC commission and marks the first in a trilogy of plays, Solstice, Midwinter (New …
Fall
E-bok, 2014
148 kr
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Is the settling of scores a necessary step towards restoring peace after a bloody conflict?Set against a war-crimes trial at the end of a civil war, Fall explores the thin line between justice and revenge.Fall is the last play in a trilogy by Zinnie Harris that examines the transforming effects of …
How to Hold Your Breath
Häftad, 2015
151 kr
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Because we live in Europe. Because nothing really bad happens. The worst is a bit of an inconvenience. Perhaps not such a good mini break. But really in the grand scheme of life, not so bad.Starting with a seemingly innocent one night stand, this dark, witty and magical play by Zinnie Harris dives …
How to Hold Your Breath
E-bok, 2015
131 kr
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Because we live in Europe. Because nothing really bad happens. The worst is a bit of an inconvenience. Perhaps not such a good mini break. But really in the grand scheme of life, not so bad.Starting with a seemingly innocent one night stand, this dark, witty and magical play by Zinnie Harris dives …
This Restless House
an adaptation of Aeschlyus' Oresteia
Häftad, 2016
175 kr
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'Electrifying . . . This four-hour epic of ambition and power is a sinewy reworking of Aeschylus that explodes into a cacophonous climax.' GUARDIAN *****Aeschylus' Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge and …
This Restless House
An Adaptation of Aeschlyus' Oresteia
E-bok, 2016
177 kr
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'Electrifying . . . This four-hour epic of ambition and power is a sinewy reworking of Aeschylus that explodes into a cacophonous climax.' GUARDIAN *****Aeschylus' Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge and …
Meet Me at Dawn
Häftad, 2017
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
142 kr
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Two women wash up on a distant shore following a violent boating accident. Dazed by their experience, they look for a path home. But they discover that this unfamiliar land is not what it seems - and that, though they may be together, they have never been further apart.Unflinchingly honest and …
Meet Me at Dawn
E-bok, 2017
145 kr
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Two women wash up on a distant shore following a violent boating accident. Dazed by their experience, they look for a path home. But they discover that this unfamiliar land is not what it seems - and that, though they may be together, they have never been further apart.Unflinchingly honest and …
(the fall of) The Master Builder
E-bok, 2017
148 kr
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Halvard Solness has arrived at the pinnacle of his career. He has just been awarded the prestigious Master Builder award, his beautiful wife still loves him, his beautiful secretary still flirts with him and Prince Charles is coming to open his new building tomorrow. Then a knock at the door …
Duchess (of Malfi)
Häftad, 2019
151 kr
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You should know: I sing at parties, I wear colourful dresses, I am headstrong, I won't wear my hair up because you say I should, or do this because you prefer it, in fact I might do the other just to be contrary, but I am utterly and always myself.The Duchess is a young widow. And with money, …
Duchess (of Malfi)
E-bok, 2019
129 kr
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You should know: I sing at parties, I wear colourful dresses, I am headstrong, I won't wear my hair up because you say I should, or do this because you prefer it, in fact I might do the other just to be contrary, but I am utterly and always myself.The Duchess is a young widow. Her husband is dead, …
Further than the Furthest Thing
E-bok, 2019
131 kr
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On a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic secrets are buried. When the outside world comes calling, intent on manipulation for political and economic reasons, the islanders find their own world blown apart from the inside as well as beyond. Further Than The Furthest Thing is a beautifully …
Zinnie Harris: Plays 1
Further than the Furthest Thing; Midwinter; How to Hold Your Breath; Meet Me at Dawn
Häftad, 2019
261 kr
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In this first collection by Zinnie Harris, Further than the Furthest Thing evokes the fragility of an island community as their way of life is threatened and they must determine their future, while Midwinter opens as a woman steals a dead horse to feed to a child. How To Hold Your Breath tells the …
Zinnie Harris: Plays 1
Further Than the Furthest Thing; Midwinter; How to Hold Your Breath; Meet Me at Dawn
E-bok, 2019
263 kr
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In this first collection by Zinnie Harris, Further than the Furthest Thing evokes the fragility of an island community as their way of life is threatened and they must determine their future, while Midwinter opens as a woman steals a dead horse to feed to a child. How To Hold Your Breath tells the …
Scent of Roses
Häftad, 2022
130 kr
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You'd be surprised how a simple thing like locking up your husband in the same room as you, makes you aware of something. Of being alive.The Scent of Roses begins with a wife who takes her husband hostage in order to have an honest conversation. This simple, transgressive act, and her demand for a …
Scent of Roses
E-bok, 2023
161 kr
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You'd be surprised how a simple thing like locking up your husband in the same room as you, makes you aware of something. Of being alive.The Scent of Roses begins with a wife who takes her husband hostage in order to have an honest conversation. This simple, transgressive act, and her demand for a …
Macbeth (an undoing)
E-bok, 2023
161 kr
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This story will be told, the way it has always been told. What else use is it otherwise? The hags on the heath. The woman who went mad. The man who became a tyrant.When her husband returns victorious from the battlefield with a prophecy that he will become king of Scotland, Lady Macbeth vows to …
Macbeth (an undoing)
Häftad, 2024
142 kr
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The revised and updated edition of Zinnie Harris's powerful reimagining of Shakespeare's brutal tragedy, telling Lady Macbeth's story as it has never been heard before. 'A clever, heartfelt and, in the broadest and most persuasive sense, feminist revisiting of Shakespeare's great tragedy. Bold, …
Supposing:
Häftad, 2026
142 kr
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An urgent new play from Zinnie Harris, winner of a Scotsman Fringe First award 2026.I haven't said it out loudI haven't said it to a single soulI say it to myself sometimesI look at my horrible faceI vomit it down the toiletsI scream it into the nightI don't even know if I could form the words to …
This Restless House, Part One: Agamemnon's Return
Häftad, 2020
233 kr
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Aeschylus’ Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge and counter-revenge. When he in turn is killed at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, their son Orestes takes up the mantle of avenging his father, continuing the …
This Restless House, Pts. Two & Three: The Bough Breaks / Electra and Her Shadow
Häftad, 2020
242 kr
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Aeschylus’ Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge and counter-revenge. When he in turn is killed at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, their son Orestes takes up the mantle of avenging his father, continuing the …
Women, Children, and Addiction
Av Various, Joy Wilkinson m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
1072 kr
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This proposed book draws on the expertise of 35 experts in the field of Addiction Medicine to provide the reader with a current and comprehensive view of addiction as related to women, pregnancy, newborns, infants and children. The volume begins by placing current attitudes towards addicted women …
Women, Power and Politics: Now
Five plays
Av Various, Joy Wilkinson m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
236 kr
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A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.The five plays in this volume look at the impact and influence that women have today.In Acting Leader by Joy Wilkinson, Margaret Beckett finds herself Acting Leader …
