Encountering Environments through the Arts
This edited collection of essays and artist reflections presents perspectives from arts and humanities researchers exploring how individuals and collectives engage with, relate to and experience environments.
Three Plays by Monica Wood
Award-winning novelist Monica Wood's first play, Papermaker, debuted at Portland Stage in Portland, Maine, setting the theater's all-time attendance record and enjoying successful runs at other regional theaters. Published in this volume with Papermaker are two other acclaimed plays by Monica Wood, The Half-Light and Saint Dad.
The Late Christopher Bean
An adaptation of Rene Fauchois's Prenez Garde a la Peinture by Emlyn Williams.-4 women, 5 men
Titus Andronicus
'Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.' In Shakespeare's first tragedy, Titus Andronicus, the Roman general Titus incurs the wrath of the Queen of the Goths when he enslaves her and kills one of her sons. The shocking violence of her revenge and his retaliation earn Titus its reputation as Shakespeare's bloodiest play. This New Oxford Shakespeare edition offers a range of critical approaches to the play, considering its initial popularity in the theatre, the authors' engagement with narrative sources and Roman history, and the ongoing problems scholars and theatremakers have had with the play's presentation of violence, rape, and racial difference. Throughout, it incorporates up-to-date scholarship and close readings of a number of landmark productions to consider the play's place in Shakespeare's canon and to illustrate Titus Andronicus's enduring value in interrogating some of wider culture's darkest and most challenging concerns. The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems. Using the text from the landmark The New Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition, these volumes offer readers the latest thinking on the authentic texts (collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare's work) alongside innovative introductions from leading scholars. The texts are accompanied by a comprehensive set of critical apparatus to give readers the best resources to help understand and enjoy Shakespeare's work. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
This deluxe hardback edition brings together William Shakespeare's complete poetry and plays, stunningly presented with ornate cover foiling, gold gilded page edges and ivory paper. Including the Bard's deeply moving sonnets, as well as his Comedies, Tragedies and Histories, The Complete Works of Shakespeare celebrates the playwright and poet who has remained at the forefront of English literature for more than four centuries. From the tragic Romeo and Juliet to the historical Richard III and comedic The Taming of the Shrew, this definitive collection of William Shakespeare's work will delight students, scholars, and lovers of drama and literature alike. Seeped in magic and romance, and featuring great courage in the face of danger and deception, the plays and poetry in this charming tome will imbue a sense of wonder as readers embark on a monumental Shakespearean adventure. This luxurious collector's edition creates a fittingly grand way to enjoy these magnificent works and will make a welcome addition to any home library.
Blood Brothers
Willy Russell's 1983 play with music tells the story of twin brothers separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. One of them is given away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a bloodbath. After its premiere at the Liverpool Playhouse, the musical has gone on to receive productions around the world and ran for decades in London's West End, as well as extensively touring the UK. This revised Student Edition includes a commentary by Rebecca Hillman, which offers accessible and vivid insights into the play and the context in which it was written through a 21st-century lens. As well as helping us appreciate the play today, it also conveys how how ground-breaking Blood Brothers was at the time in representing working-class lives on stage, as well as explicitly exposing the flaws of the British class system.
Sound Of Dying Echoes
In a secluded coastal town, a woman seeking refuge from her painful past is drawn to a grand, abandoned house perched on the cliffs. The house, untouched by time but rich with mystery, seems to whisper her name, and the winds soon carry a voice from another era-calling her, beckoning her into a story of love, betrayal, and loss. As she becomes entangled with the house, the town, and its wealthy, enigmatic residents, she uncovers dark secrets that have been hidden for decades. The voice belongs to a woman who died under mysterious circumstances, her spirit seemingly trapped in the wind, echoing through the town's quiet streets.Haunted by dreams and unsettling encounters, she begins to unravel the threads of the past, discovering a forbidden love and a curse that has bound the town to the dead. The more she delves into the truth, the more she learns about her own unexpected connection to the tragedy that has shaped this place. As she confronts those who may know the secrets buried within the town, she realizes that some truths are more dangerous than she could ever have imagined-and some spirits will not rest until their story is told.Sound of Dying Echoes is a gripping romance laced with suspense and supernatural intrigue, where love is both a force of healing and the cause of undeniable pain. As the lines between the living and the dead blur, the woman must decide between uncovering the truth that could set her free, or allowing the echoes of a past that refuses to stay silent to consume her.
Toto Kerblammo!
See with your Ears.Poor Effy. Sent to live with her aunt and uncle in a block that won't allow dogs. What's a girl to do? She smuggles her furry friend in, of course. Keeps him under a blanket. Feeds him biscuits. Ssh Toto, quiet.But it can't last forever. Effy needs saving. And Toto is up to the task. Experienced through headphones, Toto Kerblammo! mixes live and recorded performance to deliver a tender and powerful story about listening, friendship and finding hope in the darkest of places.Tim Crouch is 'one of the most important writers and theatre-makers in the UK' (The Stage). His award-winning plays include An mOak Tree, The Author, Beginners, I, Malvolio and Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel.This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Unicorn Theatre, London, in October 2024.
A Tupperware of Ashes
I'm falling through a world which makes no sense An ambitious Michelin-Star chef, Queenie is used to having the last word. But when her children notice gaps in her memory and her grip on reality loosening, they are faced with an impossible choice. As Raj, Gopal and Kamala battle to reconcile their life-long duty to their mother, the ramifications of their decision take on a heartbreaking permanence. A vivid and heart-breaking family drama, A Tupperware Of Ashes is about life, immigration and the Indian spiritual cycle of death and rebirth. This edition is published to coincide with the world premiere at the National Theatre, London in September 2024.
