Drama : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

This book addresses the consequences of the main changes the media have undergone over the last 10 years: increasing commercialisation, concentration, convergence and internationalisation. The contributors reflect on the debate and the concern about the role of the media in a rapidly changing society. All contributions have been written originally for this volume and have not been published elsewhere. Contributors include eighteen academics from fifteen European countries, all of them experts in media research. The book is an invaluable resource for researchers and students in communication sciences, as well as for general readers interested in the role played by the media in social developments at large. This is volume 4 in the Changing Media, Changing Europe book series, supported by the European Science Foundation. more...

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Contents:. The Old Manse. The Birthmark. A Select Party. Young Goodman Brown. Rappaccini's Daughter. Mrs. Bullfrog. Fire Worship. Buds and Bird Voices. Monseiur du Miroir. The Hall of Fantasy. The Celestial Railroad. The Procession of Life. Feathertop: A Moralized Legend. The New Adam and Eve. Egotism; or, The Bosom Serpent. The Christmas Banquet. Drowne's Wooden Image. The Intelligence Office. Roger Malvin's Burial. P.'S Correspondence. Earth's Holocaust. Passages from a Relinquished Work. Sketches from Memory. The Old Apple-Dealer. The Artist of The Beautiful. A Virtuoso's Collection more...

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This title examines the representation of the body in Irish theatre alongside the specific circumstances within which Irish theatre is performed, incorporating issues of gender and embodiment, and the performance of Irishness and tradition. The author contextualizes the body in Irish theatre, and includes in-depth analysis of five key productions. more...

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Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on Ovid's tale of Pygmalion. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet), who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the process, Higgins and Doolittle grow close, but she ultimately rejects his domineering ways and declares she will marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill – a young, poor, gentleman. Shaw wrote the lead role of Eliza Doolittle for Mrs Patrick Campbell (though at 49 she was considered by some to be too old for the role). Due to delays in mounting a London production and Campbell's injury in a car accident, the first English presentation did not take place until some time after Pygmalion premiered at the Hofburg Theatre in Vienna on October 16, 1913, in a German translation by Shaw. The first production in English finally opened at His Majesty's Theatre, London on April 11, 1914 and starred Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Henry Higgins; it was directed by Shaw himself. The Pygmalion myth was a popular subject for Victorian era English playwrights, including one of Shaw's influences, W. S. Gilbert, who wrote a successful play based on the story in 1871, called Pygmalion and Galatea . Shaw also would have been familiar with the burlesque version, Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed . Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_%28play%29] more...

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"?one that loved not wisely but too well". The timeless, tragic story of Othello, the mighty Moor, Desdemona, his faithful bride, and Iago, the evil manipulator, has the elements and excitement of a modern thriller—an elopement, passion, prejudice, insane jealousy, murder, and suicide. Now you can follow the intriguing action and savor Othello in an easy-to-understand translation that makes reading it quick and painless. Other aids make following the action and grasping the meaning a snap:.:. ;. A brief synopsis of the plot and action. ;. A comprehensive character list that describes the characteristics, motivations, and actions of each major player. ;. A visual character map that shows the relationships of major characters. ;. A cycle-of-death graphic that pinpoints the sequence of deaths and includes who dies, how they die, and why. ;. Reflective questions that help you understand the themes of the play. With Shakespeare on the Double! Othello, you'll understand Othello wisely,. well, and easily. more...

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