Author: Marina Carr
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822224167
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
THE STORY: A passionate woman--mother of eight children and wife to a remorseful husband--now facing death, looks back over her life and asks what could have been. Pathos and bitter humor mix in this powerful play from one of Ireland's leading dramat
Woman and Scarecrow
Author: Marina Carr
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822224167
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
THE STORY: A passionate woman--mother of eight children and wife to a remorseful husband--now facing death, looks back over her life and asks what could have been. Pathos and bitter humor mix in this powerful play from one of Ireland's leading dramat
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822224167
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
THE STORY: A passionate woman--mother of eight children and wife to a remorseful husband--now facing death, looks back over her life and asks what could have been. Pathos and bitter humor mix in this powerful play from one of Ireland's leading dramat
By the Bog of Cats
Author: Marina Carr
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 057131872X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land. Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her, Hester is once again betrayed, this time by the father of her child, the man she loves. On the brink of despair, she embarks on a terrible journey of vengeance as the secrets of her tangled history are revealed. 'A piece of poetic realism steeped in the past . . . Carr has an extraordinary ability to move between the mythic and the real.' Guardian 'A great play . . . a great work of poetry.' Independent By the Bog of Cats premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1998. It was revived at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in November 2004.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 057131872X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land. Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her, Hester is once again betrayed, this time by the father of her child, the man she loves. On the brink of despair, she embarks on a terrible journey of vengeance as the secrets of her tangled history are revealed. 'A piece of poetic realism steeped in the past . . . Carr has an extraordinary ability to move between the mythic and the real.' Guardian 'A great play . . . a great work of poetry.' Independent By the Bog of Cats premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1998. It was revived at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in November 2004.
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Author: Linda Williams
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064431835
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
0nce upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard . . . CLOMP, CLOMP, SHAKE, SHAKE, CLAP, CLAP. And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life!
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064431835
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
0nce upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard . . . CLOMP, CLOMP, SHAKE, SHAKE, CLAP, CLAP. And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life!
On Raftery's Hill
Author: Marina Carr
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822218555
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
THE STORY: Set on the remote hill of Raftery's farm, this play tells the tale of Red Raftery and his children, Dinah, Sorrel and Ded. Removed from the civilized world of the valley, Red lives by his own rules, where all natural order is inverted, a
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822218555
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
THE STORY: Set on the remote hill of Raftery's farm, this play tells the tale of Red Raftery and his children, Dinah, Sorrel and Ded. Removed from the civilized world of the valley, Red lives by his own rules, where all natural order is inverted, a
The Cordelia Dream
Author: Marina Carr
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571319173
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Haunted by her dream of Cordelia and Lear, a woman confronts an elderly man, her lifelong antagonist and rival. During their passionate altercation he dismisses her success as a composer and demands she make the ultimate sacrifice: for him to flourish she, his protégée, must be silent. Five years later, she returns for a final and devastating encounter. Marina Carr's The Cordelia Dream premiered in December 2008 at Wilton's Music Hall, London, in a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571319173
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Haunted by her dream of Cordelia and Lear, a woman confronts an elderly man, her lifelong antagonist and rival. During their passionate altercation he dismisses her success as a composer and demands she make the ultimate sacrifice: for him to flourish she, his protégée, must be silent. Five years later, she returns for a final and devastating encounter. Marina Carr's The Cordelia Dream premiered in December 2008 at Wilton's Music Hall, London, in a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Women and Embodied Mythmaking in Irish Theatre
Author: Shonagh Hill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108485332
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Provides an historical overview of women's mythmaking and thus their contributions to, and an alternative genealogy of, modern Irish theatre.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108485332
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Provides an historical overview of women's mythmaking and thus their contributions to, and an alternative genealogy of, modern Irish theatre.
Scarecrow
Author: Matthew Reilly
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330513470
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
A reissue with new cover and a new format to co-incide with Matt's new blockbuster The Five Greatest Warriors
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330513470
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
A reissue with new cover and a new format to co-incide with Matt's new blockbuster The Five Greatest Warriors
The Scarecrow
Author:
Publisher: Darren G. Burton
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Publisher: Darren G. Burton
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The Little Scarecrow Boy
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060778911
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
The Little Scarecrow Boy is the lightest and brightest picture book from one of the most renowned children's writers ever: Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Caldecott winner David Diaz's illustrations burst with sunshine, and Brown's words reveal the quiet glory of a boy on the brink of growing up, full of curiosity and life. Ages 3 – 7
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060778911
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
The Little Scarecrow Boy is the lightest and brightest picture book from one of the most renowned children's writers ever: Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Caldecott winner David Diaz's illustrations burst with sunshine, and Brown's words reveal the quiet glory of a boy on the brink of growing up, full of curiosity and life. Ages 3 – 7
A Woman's War
Author: Gail Harris
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810871009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
When Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Her 28-year career included hands on leadership in the intelligence community during every major conflict from the Cold War to Desert Storm to Kosovo, and most recently at the forefront of one of the Department of Defense's newest challenges: Cyber Warfare. At her retirement, she was the highest ranking African American female in the Navy. A Woman's War: The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer is an inspirational memoir that follows Gail Harris's career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective as she completed the complex task of providing intelligence support to military operations while also battling the status quo, office bullies, and politics. This book also looks at the way intelligence is used and misused in these perilous times.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810871009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
When Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Her 28-year career included hands on leadership in the intelligence community during every major conflict from the Cold War to Desert Storm to Kosovo, and most recently at the forefront of one of the Department of Defense's newest challenges: Cyber Warfare. At her retirement, she was the highest ranking African American female in the Navy. A Woman's War: The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer is an inspirational memoir that follows Gail Harris's career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective as she completed the complex task of providing intelligence support to military operations while also battling the status quo, office bullies, and politics. This book also looks at the way intelligence is used and misused in these perilous times.