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Jean-Luc Godard writes and directs this French drama starring Brigitte Bardot, Fritz Lang and Jack Palance. An aspiring playwright, Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli), finds himself caught between the creative director (Lang) and the crass American producer, Jeremy Prokosch (Palance), on a movie adaptation of Homer's epic poem 'The Odyssey'. While the director wants to faithfully recreate Homer's world artistically, the producer demands a more commercial feature and waves his mighty chequebook to make it happen. When Paul finds himself swayed by the power of the producer's money, he finds his wife Camille (Bardot) begins to regard him with increasing contempt.

Sophocles, the Playwright

Jolyon Forsyte may be an old man and the new owner of the Soames house, but he has struck up an unlikely friendship with young Irene. Over a long summer, he slowly falls in love with her and makes decisions that will send shockwaves through his family. Indian Summer (1918) was written by English author and playwright John Galsworthy, and is the first interlude in his masterpiece The Forsyte Saga . The Forsyte Saga (1922) is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921, all of which have been adapted for television.John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright, best known for his masterpiece The Forsyte Saga , which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. The trilogy depicts an upper-class English family in the years 1886-1926. It was adapted for TV in 2002 for the ITV network starring Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves and Gina McKee.In his stories, Galsworthy addresses social issues, family life, and the upper-middle class, in which he strongly criticised the morals and ideals of Victorian England. Among his other prominent works are From the Four Winds , The Silver Box , The Country House , and The Skin Game .

Sophocles, the Playwright

EXKLUSIVA MEDLEMPRISER -Jon Fosse has been called 'the Beckett of the 21st century' (Le Monde), and the Royal Court production of Nightsongs was dubbed 'Waiting for Godot without the gags'. Just as Beckett's plays - and those of all great playwrights - grew out of their time, and influenced the current styles of drama, and were part of what brought their times forward, so do Fosse's plays now. Fosse: Plays Six marks the culmination of this Norwegian playwright's body of work for the stage to be published in the English language. The volume includes the plays Rambuku, Freedom, Over There, These Eyes, Girl in Yellow Raincoat, Christmas Tree Song and Sea. Rambuku: Two people. One finds it difficult to speak. The other attempts to understand. But what is Rambuku? Or who is Rambuku? Freedom: There is a sense of otherness in Fosse's work that challenges our notions of a concept such as 'freedom'. This play questions if freedom, as we often understand it, is perhaps a prison. Over There: A woman follows a man to his death. But do they see the same images on the way to the top of the mountain? These Eyes: A snapshot of the dreamlike state of life. The characters exist in an in-between space which becomes their reality. Girl in Yellow Raincoat: An examination of our collective weakness, and the fragility of children. It asks questions about notions surrounding fear. Christmas Tree Song: A man celebrates Christmas alone (and reflects in a somewhat ironic way) on his life as he attempts to put up a Christmas tree. Sea: A group of people gathered in a kind of limbo, on a ship, disappearing into something unknown. Format Pocket Omfång 321 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd. Utgivningsdatum 2014-05-06 ISBN 9781783190867

Plots and Playwrights, a Comedy

The Selfish Giant is a short story by Oscar Wilde, originally published in 1888. OSCAR WILDE, born in 1854 in Dublin, died in 1900 in Paris, was an Irish prose writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Wilde s significance as a symbol for persecuted homosexuals around the world is immeasurable. Wilde himself was sentenced to prison and hard labour, his works were boycotted, theatrical productions were shut down, and he was publicly vilified. The Picture of Dorian Gray [1890] is his most famous work.

Irish Plays and Playwrights

John Pathurst, a successful playwright has run out of inspiration, New York, fame, women and the arts have lost it’s lustre. In a desperate grab for inspiration he books passage on a cargo ship from Baltimore to Seattle, taking him around the treacherous Cape Horn hoping it will spark his passion once again. When a vicious mutiny breaks out amongst the crew, Pathurst is exposed to the cold indifference of life more than ever before, but will he survive to write about it? It is a brilliant read, inspired by London’s own treacherous journey around the Horn, with stunning description and deeply engaging characters. If you loved Jules Verne’s epic ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’ you’ll love this brilliant adventure.Jack London (1876–1916) was a pioneer, novelist, journalist and social activist. London was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity thanks to his pioneering work in commercial fiction and magazines. Additionally he is accredited as a major innovator in the genre we now know as science fiction. Growing up in a working class background and spending several years homeless, he was a passionate fighter for workers’ rights, socialism, unionisation and animal rights. He would go on to be one of the highest paid authors in America thanks to his classics such as ‘Call of the Wild’, ‘White fang’ and ‘Sea Wolf’.

Irish Plays and Playwrights

Wealthy playwright Sir Jermyn Annerley finds himself caught up in a love-triangle between the beautiful actress Sybil Cluley and his rival for her love, Lord Lakenham. Secrets from their pasts all start to surface however, and a dramatic turn of events results in a shocking murder. Who is responsible? Is there still a chance for true love to blossom? An intriguing dark romance from prolific author E. Phillips Oppenheim.E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was a hugely prolific and highly popular British author of novels and short stories. Born in Tottenham, London, Oppenheim left school as a teenager and worked for his leather-merchant father for 20 years prior to launching his literary career. Oppenheim published five novels under the pseudonym ‘Anthony Partridge’ before establishing his reputation as a writer under his own name. An internationally successful author, Oppenheim’s stories revolved mainly around glamourous characters, luxurious settings, and themes of espionage, suspense, and crime. He is widely regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of the thriller and spy-fiction genre as it is recognised today. Oppenheim’s incredible literary success meant that his own life soon began to mirror that of his opulent characters. He held lavish, Gatsby-style parties at his French Villa and was rumoured to have had frequent love affairs aboard his luxury yacht. Oppenheim’s success earned him the cover of Time magazine in 1927. Some of his most well-known novels include ‘The Great Impersonation’, ‘The Long Arm of Mannister’ and ‘The Moving Finger’.

The Golden Thread: Irish Women Playwrights, Volume 1 (1716-1992)

Playwright Kimball Webb is due to be married to the beautiful heiress Elsie Powell. One morning Kimball fails to appear, and when his family go to investigate they find his door locked but his room empty. Kimball has vanished without trace. With the help of Detective Coley Coe, Kimball’s fiancé Elsie is determined to track him down. An intriguing thriller from popular mystery author Carolyn Wells.Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was a prolific American novelist and poet, best known for her children’s literature, mystery novels and humorous verse. Following school in New Jersey, Wells worked as a librarian, where she developed her love of reading. It was during 1896 that Wells first book ‘At the Sign of the Sphinx’ was published. From 1900 she dedicated herself to her literary career, writing over 170 novels in total across a range of genres. Some of her most loved works include the ‘Patty Fairfield’ and ‘Marjorie Maynard’ series for girls, as well as the ‘Fleming Stone’ mystery series for adults. Wells is also well-known for her humorous nonsense verse, and was a frequent contributor of verse to magazines. She published an autobiography ‘The Rest of my Life’ in 1937. Wells died in New York City in 1942.

The Trojan Women: A tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides

Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship is a biography of Oscar Wilde, written by Robert Sherard.  Robert Sherard was Oscar Wilde s friend of 20 years and first biographer.  The Story of an Unhappy Friendship was the first of his four biographies of the Irish playwright and wit. Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.  Oscar Wilde is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency , imprisonment, and early death at age 46. Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship was first published in 1902. AUDIO: Reading by Rob Marland, running time: 4 hours. Unabridged full version.   Robert Sherard (1861–1943) was an English writer and journalist. He was a friend, and the first biographer, of Oscar Wilde, as well as being Wilde s most prolific biographer in the first half of the twentieth century.

Feminist Comedy: Women Playwrights of London

P som i poesi. E som i eldsjäl. N som i nakna sanningen. Så presenterade svenska PEN-klubbens dåvarande ordförande Erik Hjalmar Linder föreningen vid mitten av femtiotalet. Beskrivningen är relevant även om förkortningen står för att föreningen organiserar skribenter och redaktörer: Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists. Den svenska PEN-klubben grundades 1922 som en del av den då nystartade internationella PEN-rörelsen. Numera är PEN en världsomspännande solidaritetsförening för litteraturens och författares frihet. Men det dröjde till efterkrigstiden innan PEN fann denna roll. Johan Svedjedals bok – den första om den svenska PEN-klubben – fokuserar på hur det gick till när PEN under sina första decennier trevande förvandlades från middagsätarklubb till aktivistisk organisation. Han beskriver den svenska klubbens tillkomst, utveckling och gradvisa inlemmande i det internationella arbetet – där tongivande svenskar efter hand kom att få ledande roller.

Peter Hausted: Playwright, Poet, and Preacher

Satan s Diary is a novel by Russian author Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev, an acclaimed Russian playwright and writer of short fiction, who was noted for the darkness in his work. Satan s Diary, Andreyev s last work, was completed by the great Russian a few days before he died in Finland, in September, 1919. But a few years ago the most popular and successful of Russian writers, Andreyev died almost penniless, a sad, tragic figure, disillusioned, broken-hearted over the tragedy of Russia.  In Satan s Diary, Andreyev summoned up his boundless disillusionment in an absorbing satire on human life. Fearlessly and mercilessly he hurled the falsehoods and hypocrisies in the face of life. He portrayed Satan coming to this earth to amuse himself and play. Having assumed the form of an American multi-millionaire, Satan set out on a tour through Europe in quest of amusement and adventure. Before him passed various forms of spurious virtues, hypocrisies, the ruthless cruelty of man and the often deceptive innocence of woman. Within a short time, Satan finds himself outwitted, deceived, relieved of his millions, mocked, humiliated, beaten by man in his own devilish devices. Satan s Diary was translated by Herman Bernstein and published in 1920. E-Book: ePUB, 60,400 words, average reading time 5 hours. Unabridged full version. Also available as audiobook read by Carolin Kaiser, running time 8 hours, 46 min. Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period in Russian history. Andreyev s style combines elements of realist, naturalist and symbolist schools in literature.

Peter Hausted: Playwright, Poet, and Preacher