The Browning Version

The Browning Version PDF Author: Terence Rattigan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781854597106
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage. Twice filmed (with Michael Redgrave and Albert Finney) and frequently revived. Andrew Crocker-Harris' wife Millie has become embittered and fatigued by her husband's lack of passion and ambition. On the verge of retirement, and divorce, Andrew is forced to come to terms with the platitude his life has become. Then John Taplow, a previously unnoticed pupil, gives Andrew an unexpected parting gift: a second-hand copy of Robert Browning's translation of Agamemnon - a gift which offers not only a opportunity for redemption, but the chance to gain back some dignity. This volume also contains Harlequinade, a farce about a touring theatre troupe, written to accompany The Browning Version in a double-bill under the joint title, Playbill. 'Few dramatists of this century have written with more understanding of the human heart than Terence Rattigan' Michael Billington This edition includes an authoritative introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.

The Browning Version

The Browning Version PDF Author: Terence Rattigan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781854597106
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage. Twice filmed (with Michael Redgrave and Albert Finney) and frequently revived. Andrew Crocker-Harris' wife Millie has become embittered and fatigued by her husband's lack of passion and ambition. On the verge of retirement, and divorce, Andrew is forced to come to terms with the platitude his life has become. Then John Taplow, a previously unnoticed pupil, gives Andrew an unexpected parting gift: a second-hand copy of Robert Browning's translation of Agamemnon - a gift which offers not only a opportunity for redemption, but the chance to gain back some dignity. This volume also contains Harlequinade, a farce about a touring theatre troupe, written to accompany The Browning Version in a double-bill under the joint title, Playbill. 'Few dramatists of this century have written with more understanding of the human heart than Terence Rattigan' Michael Billington This edition includes an authoritative introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.

The Ring and the Book

The Ring and the Book PDF Author: Robert Browning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executions and executioners
Languages : en
Pages : 554

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The Browning Version

The Browning Version PDF Author: Terence Rattigan
Publisher: Samuel French
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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A play about a schoolmaster at an English boarding school who must go into retirement due to ill health.

The Shooter's Guide to the Browning Hi-Power

The Shooter's Guide to the Browning Hi-Power PDF Author: Stephen A. Camp
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974900810
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137

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Ordinary Men

Ordinary Men PDF Author: Christopher R. Browning
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062037757
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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The shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews.

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1845-1846

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1845-1846 PDF Author: Robert Browning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608

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My Last Duchess (Unabridged)

My Last Duchess (Unabridged) PDF Author: Robert Browning
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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This carefully crafted ebook: "My Last Duchess (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "My Last Duchess" is a poem, frequently anthologised as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is written in 28 rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter. The poem is set during the late Italian Renaissance. The speaker (presumably the Duke of Ferrara) is giving the emissary of the family of his prospective new wife (presumably a third or fourth since Browning could have easily written 'second' but did not do so) a tour of the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of a woman, explaining that it is a portrait of his late wife; he invites his guest to sit and look at the painting. Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax. The speakers in his poems are often musicians or painters whose work functions as a metaphor for poetry.

I'm Trying to Reach You

I'm Trying to Reach You PDF Author: Barbara Browning
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
ISBN: 0983247153
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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* The Believer Book Award Finalist * One of the Best Books of 2012 —BuzzFeed “I was in Zagreb the day that Michael Jackson died. When I heard the news, the first thing I thought was, That’s it. That’s the first line of my novel. ‘I was in Zagreb the day that Michael Jackson died.’” First Michael Jackson, then Pina Bausch. Next is Merce Cunningham. Gray Adams, a former dancer with the Royal Swiss Ballet at work on his dissertation at NYU, has a theory spurred by countless hours of YouTube-based procrastination: Someone is killing these famous dancers! (And he may bear an uncanny resemblance to Jimmy Stewart, circa Vertigo.) I’m Trying to Reach You is a moving and candid contemporary look at how we process grief, as well as how we love and communicate with one another. "A provocative novel... that blurs the boundaries between life and performance, dance, art, and viral video. The novel is also framed in the world of performance art and is itself its own kind of performance... and feels rightly reflective of a moment when dance is pushing the boundaries of what constitutes a performance space." —Slate

Grant Writing For Dummies

Grant Writing For Dummies PDF Author: Beverly A. Browning
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 047046397X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Grant Writing For Dummies, 3rd Edition serves as a one-stop reference for readers who are new to the grant writing process or who have applied for grants in the past but had difficulties. It offers 25 percent new and revised material covering the latest changes to the grant writing process as well as a listing of where to apply for grants. Grant writers will find: The latest language, terms, and phrases to use on the job or in proposals. Ways to target the best websites to upload and download the latest and user-friendly application forms and writing guidelines. Major expansion on the peer review process and how it helps improve one's grant writing skills and successes. One-stop funding websites, and state agencies that publish grant funding opportunity announcements for seekers who struggle to find opportunities. New to third edition.

The Emperor Julian

The Emperor Julian PDF Author: Robert Browning
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520037311
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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