Author: Rolf McEwen
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473733
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Inspector Strangelove is an adaptation by Rolf McEwen of The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol. The plot revolves around a case of mistaken identity in which an impoverished young civil servant from Saint Petersburg, Klestakov, is thought by the leaders of a small village to be an important government inspector. It's a terrible mistake that costs them dearly. The government officials fear the consequences of a visit by an inspector because he might uncover the corruption of which they are guilty. Klestakov, when he realizes that they have mistaken him for an inspector, makes the most of the situation. He creates exaggerated tales of his life as a high-ranking government official. He solicits bribes from village officials. In a bold and reckless gesture, he proposes to the governor's daughter. He flees the village before his true identity can be discovered. The townspeople realize their mistake soon after he is gone. Then a shocking twist of fate falls upon the officials of this humble village in Russia.
Inspector Strangelove
Author: Rolf McEwen
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473733
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Inspector Strangelove is an adaptation by Rolf McEwen of The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol. The plot revolves around a case of mistaken identity in which an impoverished young civil servant from Saint Petersburg, Klestakov, is thought by the leaders of a small village to be an important government inspector. It's a terrible mistake that costs them dearly. The government officials fear the consequences of a visit by an inspector because he might uncover the corruption of which they are guilty. Klestakov, when he realizes that they have mistaken him for an inspector, makes the most of the situation. He creates exaggerated tales of his life as a high-ranking government official. He solicits bribes from village officials. In a bold and reckless gesture, he proposes to the governor's daughter. He flees the village before his true identity can be discovered. The townspeople realize their mistake soon after he is gone. Then a shocking twist of fate falls upon the officials of this humble village in Russia.
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473733
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Inspector Strangelove is an adaptation by Rolf McEwen of The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol. The plot revolves around a case of mistaken identity in which an impoverished young civil servant from Saint Petersburg, Klestakov, is thought by the leaders of a small village to be an important government inspector. It's a terrible mistake that costs them dearly. The government officials fear the consequences of a visit by an inspector because he might uncover the corruption of which they are guilty. Klestakov, when he realizes that they have mistaken him for an inspector, makes the most of the situation. He creates exaggerated tales of his life as a high-ranking government official. He solicits bribes from village officials. In a bold and reckless gesture, he proposes to the governor's daughter. He flees the village before his true identity can be discovered. The townspeople realize their mistake soon after he is gone. Then a shocking twist of fate falls upon the officials of this humble village in Russia.
The Joseph Story
Author: Rolf McEwen
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473725
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Joseph lived a life of high drama. In his youth, he had peculiar dreams. When he told his brothers that he dreamed they would all bow down to him, they took offense. In their anger they captured him and sold him as a slave. He served in the house of Potiphar in Egypt. Under Joseph's management, Potiphar grew prosperous. Potiphar's wife found Joseph handsome and desirable. She befriended him, but he kept his distance. She accused him of raping her, and he was sent to prison where for years he maintained his good character. He interpreted dreams for Pharaoh's baker and his wine taster, both who were in prison. When Pharaoh sought someone to interpret his own dream, Joseph was sent for. His interpretation of Pharaoh's dream resulted in Joseph being appointed second in power in Egypt. Joseph's brothers eventually were brought before him. He dealt shrewdly with them, withholding his true identity and forcing them to bring their entire family to Egypt from the land of Canaan. Joseph's wisdom, courage, compassion, and goodness are truly inspiring. He kept his integrity through all his trials. The story of Joseph provides encouragement to all who learn it.
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473725
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Joseph lived a life of high drama. In his youth, he had peculiar dreams. When he told his brothers that he dreamed they would all bow down to him, they took offense. In their anger they captured him and sold him as a slave. He served in the house of Potiphar in Egypt. Under Joseph's management, Potiphar grew prosperous. Potiphar's wife found Joseph handsome and desirable. She befriended him, but he kept his distance. She accused him of raping her, and he was sent to prison where for years he maintained his good character. He interpreted dreams for Pharaoh's baker and his wine taster, both who were in prison. When Pharaoh sought someone to interpret his own dream, Joseph was sent for. His interpretation of Pharaoh's dream resulted in Joseph being appointed second in power in Egypt. Joseph's brothers eventually were brought before him. He dealt shrewdly with them, withholding his true identity and forcing them to bring their entire family to Egypt from the land of Canaan. Joseph's wisdom, courage, compassion, and goodness are truly inspiring. He kept his integrity through all his trials. The story of Joseph provides encouragement to all who learn it.
Mad Love
Author: Rolf McEwen
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473709
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Lovely young Lydia Languish resists all attempts by her guardians to select a suitable husband for her. Although she comes from a wealthy family, she considers it more romantic to choose a man from among the lower class. She pursues a relationship of passion and romance rather than seeking a fellow from her own social class who would inherit wealth and position. Her arrogant aunt, Mrs. Malaprop (famous for her use of misapplied terms known as "malapropisms"), strives by various means to force Lydia into submission. She is assisted by an old friend, Anthony Absolute, whose handsome young son, Captain Jack Absolute, serves in the military. Jack has taken a fancy to Lydia, and has adopted an alias, Lieutenant Bonny, because he wishes to pursue her. He knows she will not see him if she knows him to be a member of the upper class, so he pretends to be a lowly lieutenant. Bonny and Lydia carry on a secret romance, but a quarrel created intentionally by Lydia keeps them apart. Lydia's cousin Julia sympathizes with Lydia for the many troubles she must endure. Julia is engaged to be married to Fred, who is obsessed with her and is overcome with insecurity and jealousy. Mrs. Malaprop has suitors of her own which she attempts to conceal from Lydia. A clever servant, Lucy, carries letters between the lovers while she manipulates circumstances for financial benefit. She mixes things up mischievously and delightfully. Several men nearly come to violence in pursuit of their women. Romance and wit abound in this humorous play adapted in a modern version by Rolf McEwen from The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This version is set in England in 1910.
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473709
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Lovely young Lydia Languish resists all attempts by her guardians to select a suitable husband for her. Although she comes from a wealthy family, she considers it more romantic to choose a man from among the lower class. She pursues a relationship of passion and romance rather than seeking a fellow from her own social class who would inherit wealth and position. Her arrogant aunt, Mrs. Malaprop (famous for her use of misapplied terms known as "malapropisms"), strives by various means to force Lydia into submission. She is assisted by an old friend, Anthony Absolute, whose handsome young son, Captain Jack Absolute, serves in the military. Jack has taken a fancy to Lydia, and has adopted an alias, Lieutenant Bonny, because he wishes to pursue her. He knows she will not see him if she knows him to be a member of the upper class, so he pretends to be a lowly lieutenant. Bonny and Lydia carry on a secret romance, but a quarrel created intentionally by Lydia keeps them apart. Lydia's cousin Julia sympathizes with Lydia for the many troubles she must endure. Julia is engaged to be married to Fred, who is obsessed with her and is overcome with insecurity and jealousy. Mrs. Malaprop has suitors of her own which she attempts to conceal from Lydia. A clever servant, Lucy, carries letters between the lovers while she manipulates circumstances for financial benefit. She mixes things up mischievously and delightfully. Several men nearly come to violence in pursuit of their women. Romance and wit abound in this humorous play adapted in a modern version by Rolf McEwen from The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This version is set in England in 1910.
Esther the Queen
Author: Rolf McEwen
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473741
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Esther the Queen is a dramatized version of the story of Esther based upon The Book of Esther in the Bible. When King Ahasuerus rejects his wife Vashti for disobeying his command to come before a large crowd at a feast, Esther is chosen as queen to replace her. In her position of power and influence, Esther is able to save her people from death and destruction. Despite her fear to get involved in political matters, Mordecai the Jew tells her that she was born "for such a time as this." Haman, the king's assistant, desires to destroy the Jewish people. Esther puts her life at risk in order to expose an evil plot. She is faithful to fulfill her destiny. She saves her people from destruction by those who hated the Jews.
Publisher: Rolf McEwen
ISBN: 1600473741
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Esther the Queen is a dramatized version of the story of Esther based upon The Book of Esther in the Bible. When King Ahasuerus rejects his wife Vashti for disobeying his command to come before a large crowd at a feast, Esther is chosen as queen to replace her. In her position of power and influence, Esther is able to save her people from death and destruction. Despite her fear to get involved in political matters, Mordecai the Jew tells her that she was born "for such a time as this." Haman, the king's assistant, desires to destroy the Jewish people. Esther puts her life at risk in order to expose an evil plot. She is faithful to fulfill her destiny. She saves her people from destruction by those who hated the Jews.
Strange Love
Author: Robin Truth Goodman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0742516350
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Seeks to answer the question of how varied cultural forms--in this case, curricula, multicultural literature, and popular films--educate the public ideologically. Interrogates the relationship between the political economy of globalization and the new human rights imperialism and the cultural politics that educate the public into complicity with it through such narratives as family, war, politics, privatization, and innocence. [Introduction].
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0742516350
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Seeks to answer the question of how varied cultural forms--in this case, curricula, multicultural literature, and popular films--educate the public ideologically. Interrogates the relationship between the political economy of globalization and the new human rights imperialism and the cultural politics that educate the public into complicity with it through such narratives as family, war, politics, privatization, and innocence. [Introduction].
Ex Uno Plura
Author: James T. McHugh
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 0791457508
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Explores the foundations of various state constitutional traditions.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 0791457508
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Explores the foundations of various state constitutional traditions.
Sherry Baby: Young Love/First Love
Author: Martin Avery
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257635808
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257635808
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
A Strange Love
Author: Frank Usher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Who Killed Jimmy Dammit?
Author: Martin Avery
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257645064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257645064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Another Fine Mess
Author: Saul Austerlitz
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569767637
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Charlie Chaplin. Buster Keaton. The Marx Brothers. Billy Wilder. Woody Allen. The Coen brothers. Where would the American film be without them? Yet the cinematic genre these artists represent--comedy--has perennially received short shrift from critics, film buffs, and the Academy Awards. Saul Austerlitz’s Another Fine Mess is an attempt to right that wrong. Running the gamut of film history from City Lights to Knocked Up, Another Fine Mess retells the story of American film from the perspective of its unwanted stepbrother--the comedy. In 30 long chapters and 100 shorter entries, each devoted primarily to a single performer or director, Another Fine Mess retraces the steps of the American comedy film, filling in the gaps and following the connections that link Mae West to Doris Day, or W. C. Fields to Will Ferrell. The first book of its kind in more than a generation, Another Fine Mess is an eye-opening, entertaining, and enlightening tour of the American comedy, encompassing the masterpieces, the box-office smashes, and all the little-known gems in between.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569767637
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Charlie Chaplin. Buster Keaton. The Marx Brothers. Billy Wilder. Woody Allen. The Coen brothers. Where would the American film be without them? Yet the cinematic genre these artists represent--comedy--has perennially received short shrift from critics, film buffs, and the Academy Awards. Saul Austerlitz’s Another Fine Mess is an attempt to right that wrong. Running the gamut of film history from City Lights to Knocked Up, Another Fine Mess retells the story of American film from the perspective of its unwanted stepbrother--the comedy. In 30 long chapters and 100 shorter entries, each devoted primarily to a single performer or director, Another Fine Mess retraces the steps of the American comedy film, filling in the gaps and following the connections that link Mae West to Doris Day, or W. C. Fields to Will Ferrell. The first book of its kind in more than a generation, Another Fine Mess is an eye-opening, entertaining, and enlightening tour of the American comedy, encompassing the masterpieces, the box-office smashes, and all the little-known gems in between.