Limbo Tales

Author : Len Jenkin
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822206692

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Limbo Tales by Len Jenkin Pdf

In the first play in this book, Highway, a man suddenly decides to drive to his girlfriend's house, which is 200 miles away. He becomes obsessed with the thought that each car that passes may be his girlfriend coming to visit him - and as he begins to lose touch with time and place he becomes convinced that he has moved back to another century, another civilization. In the short Intermezzo, a Master of Ceremonies announces, in hilarious detail, all the exotic acts that will not be on the bill that evening. In the final play, Hotel, a down-on-his-luck encyclopedia salesman sits in a flea-bag hotel room, eating Chinese food which is delivered by a disembodied arm, while listening to the squabbling of his neighbors and contemplating the aridity of his limbo-like existence

Author : Robert J. Andreach
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780761853237

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Len Jenkin's Theatre by Robert J. Andreach Pdf

Early in his career, Len Jenkin identified two qualities that theatre should have: wonder and heart. Imagination creates wonder by transforming nature to suggest more than nature. Love engages the heart on the quest to experience the wonder, for though Jenkin is an experimental playwright, his plays are not abstruse symbols. They are tales that take salesmen and actresses, historical figures and fictional characters, through a Stein landscape and a Kafka story, pop culture, and recreated scenes from the Bible and The Canterbury Tales, The Aeneid, and Headlong Hall to an amusement park ride and a penal colony, a flophouse and a garden. Bodacious verbal and visual images build in power until they soar as pilgrims tell tales to pass the night while waiting to cross the river; Hawthorne, Sophie, and Melville on the beach hear the ever-encroaching kraken; and Margo Veil essays the roles that all questing mortals play in life.

Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781909302372

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JAMAICAN ANANSI TALES AND STORIES by Anon E. Mouse Pdf

THE STORIES in this collection were recorded from the lips of over sixty negro story-tellers in the remote country districts of Jamaica during two visits to the island in the summer of 1919 and the winter of 1921. The role of Anansi, the trickster spider, is akin to the Native American Coyote and the (Southern African) Bantu Hare. Herein you will find 149 Anansi tales and a further 18 Witticisms. The stories are categorised into Animal Stories, Old Stories (chiefly of sorcery), Dance and Song and Witticisms. You will find stories as varied in title and content as “The Fish-Basket”, “The Storm“, “The King's Two Daughters”, “The Gub-Gub Peas”, “Simon Tootoos”, “The Tree-Wife” and many, many more unique tales. In some instances, Martha Warren Beckwith was able to record musical notation to accompany the stories. As such you will find these scattered throughout the book. In this way the original style of the story-telling, which in some instances mingles story, song and dance, is as nearly as possible preserved. Two influences have dominated story-telling in Jamaica, the first an absorbing interest in the magical effect of song which far surpasses that in the action of the story; the second, the conception of the spider Anansi as the trickster hero among a group of animal figures. "Anansi stories" regularly form the entertainment during wake-nights, and it is difficult not to believe that the vividness with which these animal actors take part in the story springs from the idea that they really represent the dead in the underworld whose spirits have the power, according to the native belief, of taking animal form. In the local culture, magic songs are often used in communicating with the dead, and the obeah-man who sets a ghost upon an enemy often sends it in the form of some animal; hence there are animals which must be carefully handled lest they be something other than they appear. The importance of animal stories is further illustrated by the fact that animal stories form the greater part of this volume. 33% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to Sentebale, a charity supporting children orphaned by AIDS in Lesotho.

Author : Robert J. Andreach
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786492657

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The Contemporary American Dramatic Trilogy by Robert J. Andreach Pdf

The dramatic trilogy has been flourishing for some time now in new works and revivals of older works by American, British, and European playwrights. This book analyzes recent American works by Caucasian, African American, Asian American, and Hispanic American men and women. There are five chapters beginning with Opposing Families (trilogies of, e.g., Lanford Wilson, Foote, Machado, and McCraney are examined). Carson, Rabe, and McLaughlin are among those in the Classical Reimaginings chapter while Coen, Berc, and Wolfe constitute the Medieval Reimaginings chapter. Van Itallie, Havis, Rapp, and Hwang, among others, create New Forms. LaBute, Fierstein, and Nelson, among others, create New Selves. The concluding chapter is devoted to Ruhl's Passion Play, which spans 400 years of theatre-creating from Elizabethan England to Hitler's Germany to the Reagan era in America.

Author : Robert H Vorlicky
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780472904204

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Act Like a Man by Robert H Vorlicky Pdf

In the first comprehensive study of plays written for male characters only, Robert Vorlicky offers a new theory that links cultural codes governing gender and the conventions determining dramatic form. Act Like a Manlooks at a range of plays, including those by O'Neill, Albee, Mamet, Baraka, and Rabe as well as new works by Philip Kan Gotanda, Alonzo Lamont, and Robin Swados, to examine how dialogue within these works reflects the social codes of male behavior and inhibits individualization among men. Plays in which women are absent are often characterized by the location of a male "other"—a female presence who distances himself from the dominant, impersonal masculine ethos and thereby becomes a facilitator of personal communication. The potential authority of this figure is so powerful that its presence becomes the primary determinant of the quality of men's interaction and of the range of male subjectivities possible. This formulation becomes the basis of an alternative theory of American dramatic construction, one that challenges traditional dramaturgical notions of realism. The book will appeal to scholars and students interested in drama, gender, race, sexuality, and American culture, as well as playwrights, teachers of playwrights, and artistic directors. It includes an extensive bibliography of more than four hundred male-cast plays and monodramas, the first such compilation and one that points to further research into a previously unexplored area.

Author : Paul C. Castagno
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135866532

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New Playwriting Strategies by Paul C. Castagno Pdf

New Playwriting Strategies offers a fresh and dynamic approach to playwriting that will be welcomed by teachers and aspiring playwrights alike.

Author : R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 5314 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547721574

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The Greatest Sea Adventure Novels: 30+ Maritime Novels, Pirate Tales & Seafaring Stories by R. M. Ballantyne Pdf

This meticulously edited and carefully crafted sea adventure collection by R. M. Ballantyne contains thrilling maritime tales from all over the globe; from cold Polar Regions to hot South Seas. Table of Contents: The Coral Island The Red Eric Fighting the Whales Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat The Lighthouse Shifting Winds Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Sunk at Sea The Pirate City The Story of the Rock Under the Waves Jarwin and Cuffy Philosopher Jack The Lonely Island The Giant of the North The Madman and the Pirate The Battery and the Boiler The Young Trawler The Island Queen The Lively Poll Red Rooney The Eagle Cliff The Crew of the Water Wagtail Blown to Bits Charlie to the Rescue The Hot Swamp

Author : Aldous Huxley
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:8596547015826

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Limbo by Aldous Huxley Pdf

"Limbo" is a collection of short fiction, consisting of six short stories and a play by Aldous Huxley, an English writer, and philosopher. This collection started his literary career and proved that his talent developed early.

Author : Paul C. Castagno
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781136630804

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New Playwriting Strategies by Paul C. Castagno Pdf

New Playwriting Strategies has become a canonical text in the study and teaching of playwriting, offering a fresh and dynamic insight into the subject. This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition explores and highlights the wide spread of new techniques that form contemporary theatre writing, as well as their influence on other dramatic forms. Paul Castagno builds on the innovative plays of Len Jenkin, Mac Wellman, and the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin to investigate groundbreaking new techniques from a broad range of contemporary dramatists, including Sarah Ruhl, Suzan Lori-Parks and Young Jean Lee. New features in this edition include an in-depth study of the adaptation of classical texts in contemporary playwright and the utilizing new technologies, such as YouTube, Wikipedia and blogs to create alternative dramatic forms. The author’s step-by-step approach offers the reader new models for: narrative dialogue character monologue hybrid plays This is a working text for playwrights, presenting a range of illuminating new exercises suitable for everyone from the workshop student to the established writer. New Playwriting Strategies is an essential resource for anyone studying and writing drama today.

Author : Jules Verne,Charles Dickens,Robert Louis Stevenson,James Fenimore Cooper,Edgar Allan Poe,William Hope Hodgson,Howard Pyle,Jack London,Arthur Conan Doyle,Richard Le Gallienne,Walter Scott,Daniel Defoe,Alexandre Dumas,Charles Ellms,Frederick Marryat,Harold MacGrath,Joseph Lewis French,Harry Collingwood,Stanley Lane-Poole,Charles Boardman Hawes,L. Frank Baum,J. M. Barrie,R. M. Ballantyne,G. A. Henty,J. D. Jerrold Kelley,J. Allan Dunn,Robert E. Howard,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Ralph D. Paine,Captain Charles Johnson,W. H. G. Kingston,Currey E. Hamilton,John Esquemeling
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 7133 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547677826

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The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales by Jules Verne,Charles Dickens,Robert Louis Stevenson,James Fenimore Cooper,Edgar Allan Poe,William Hope Hodgson,Howard Pyle,Jack London,Arthur Conan Doyle,Richard Le Gallienne,Walter Scott,Daniel Defoe,Alexandre Dumas,Charles Ellms,Frederick Marryat,Harold MacGrath,Joseph Lewis French,Harry Collingwood,Stanley Lane-Poole,Charles Boardman Hawes,L. Frank Baum,J. M. Barrie,R. M. Ballantyne,G. A. Henty,J. D. Jerrold Kelley,J. Allan Dunn,Robert E. Howard,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Ralph D. Paine,Captain Charles Johnson,W. H. G. Kingston,Currey E. Hamilton,John Esquemeling Pdf

Enjoy the best sea adventures, treasure hunt tales and bloody battles, along with learning the truth behind the legends, the real life stories that inspired so many writers and produced so many beloved classics: History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (Captain Charles Johnson) The Book of Buried Treasure Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe) Hearts of Three (Jack London) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Isle of Pirate's Doom (Robert E. Howard) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Barbarossa—King of the Corsairs Black Vulmea (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Homeward Bound (Cooper) Red Rover (Cooper) Facing the Flag (Jules Verne) A Pirate of the Caribbees (H. Collingwood) Pirate Gow (Daniel Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) The Pirate (Walter Scott) Rose of Paradise (Howard Pyle) Captain Sharkey (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Pirate (Frederick Marryat) Three Cutters (Marryat) Madman and the Pirate (R. M. Ballantyne) The Offshore Pirate (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Coral Island (Ballantyne) Under the Waves (Ballantyne) Pirate City (Ballantyne) Captain Boldheart (Dickens) Master Key (L. Frank Baum) A Man to His Mate (J. Allan Dunn) Tales of the Fish Patrol (Jack London) Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) Ghost Pirates (W. H. Hodgson) The Pirate Island (H. Collingwood) Among Malay Pirates The Capture of Panama, 1671 The Malay Proas (James F. Cooper) The Daughter of the Great Mogul (Defoe) Morgan at Puerto Bello The Ways of the Buccaneers Narrative of the Capture of the Ship Derby, 1735 The Fight Between the Dorrill and the Moca Jaddi the Malay Pirate The Terrible Ladrones The Female Captive The Passing of Mogul Mackenzie Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean Pirates of Panama...

Author : Aldous Huxley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:633292655

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Limbo by Aldous Huxley Pdf

Author : Robert J. Andreach
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0809321785

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Creating the Self in the Contemporary American Theatre by Robert J. Andreach Pdf

"Exploring the theatre from the 1960s to the present, Robert J. Andreach shows the various ways in which the contemporary American theatre creates a personal, theatrical, and national self." "Andreach argues that the contemporary American theatre creates multiple selves that reflect and give voice to the many communities within our multicultural society. These selves are fragmented and enclaved, however, which makes necessary a counter movement that seeks, through interaction among the various parts, to heal the divisions within, between, and among them." --Book Jacket.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3637303

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Department of Labor-Federal Security Agency Appropriations for 1954 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2522 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104230992

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1476 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119532567

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Department of Labor-Federal Security Agency Appropriations for 1954 by United States. Congress. House Appropriations Pdf