• Počet stran 80
• Rok vydání 2020

Like Greek drama, the play's theme and form are rooted in religion, ritual purgation and renewal, and it was this return to…

• Počet stran 80
• Rok vydání 2001

A collection of elegies and love poems, and a short sonnet sequence which concentrates on such themes as: the individual's…

\nAnne loved the time in her life when she prepared breakfast each morning for her two young children. Years later, spending…

• Počet stran 128
• Rok vydání 2013

For the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. how many poets make us laugh - or, in that…

• Počet stran 80
• Rok vydání 2022

SHORTLISTED FOR THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZEPOETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONZaffar Kunial is a proven master of taking things…

When night falls my bed is an air balloon. I sail through the slipsiverse, close by the moon. I float above treetops where…

Impertinent owls, an immersive theatre troupe, ancient men from the Great War and idiot balloonists - such characters…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nHere is director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, haunted by the savage murder of his wife, returning to Los…

Anna and Ariel, they make the world. The fashionistas, the art scene, the elite party circuit. And there's a price to pay. A…

\nA work that reminds us of the singular and glorious power of poetry in our complex world. Silver is a collection that…

• Rok vydání 2023

\nHis body was never found. In 1891, Thomas Edison - inventor of the lightbulb and the phonograph - announced that he had…

Includes poems that explore lives lived strangely in unusual worlds, through a series of deft and seductive soliloquies.…

Released in 1942, Casablanca won four Oscars, including Best Picture, and featured unforgettable performances by Humphrey…

Described by The Times as 'the national children's dramatist', David Wood has been writing, adapting, directing and acting…

• Počet stran 208
• Rok vydání 1999

The Oresteia comprises three of the greatest plays of all time: Agamemnon, The Cheophori and The Eumenides.…

Offers parodies of William Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot, and Emily Dickinson, and humorous sonnets, haiku, and love poems.…

\nSkin is David Harsent\'s visionary new collection, consisting of ten dramatic sequences of poems, which, like a planetary…

\nBorn in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grunbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany,…

• Rok vydání 2023

\nTiger was feeling sleepy. As sleepy as sleepy can be. So sleepy only one thing could help... Crocodile was feeling sleepy.…

• Rok vydání 2015

Written in French and first performed at the Theatre du Bablyone in Paris, in 1953, En attendant Godot was subsequently…

• Počet stran 96
• Rok vydání 2025

The Costa Award-winning poet's ingenious collection of poems is an investigation and test of Wordsworth's famous adage: 'the…

Kanfer expertly examines each of Brando's films - from The Men in 1950 to The Score in 2001 - making clear the evolution of…

From one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, a delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent…

\nThe book\'s three sections - ingenious rewritings of canonical prayers, dramatic monologues from the Pendle witch trials…

Taking for her subject our human planet, or what Robert Lowell called 'this sweet volcanic cone', Alice Oswald has chosen…

• Počet stran 76
• Rok vydání 2007

A collection of poems that takes care and consideration in examining the often brutal arena of human relations, concluding…

• Počet stran 96
• Rok vydání 2001

This collection of poems from Wendy Cope reveals a softer lyrical voice, also present in her earlier books, but here given…

(Pause.) That sound you hear is the sea. (Pause.) I mention it because the sound is so strange, so unlike the sound of the…

• Počet stran 192
• Rok vydání 2004

From helpful hints on writing to tips on directing (working with actors and technicians, when to listen to the experts, how…

\nLoss is divined everywhere: in human relations, in the ruptures of class and privilege, and the poisoning of the planet.…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nA unique memoir of a lifetime\'s friendships - from one of Britain\'s most beloved literary companions.\n…

\nsolitary bachelors and disillusioned youths - these are the watchers, not the players. This is the aftermath of being one…

\n\'A clarion call to get up on the dance floor.\' FINANCIAL TIMESWhy do we dance together? Dancing is a part of our stories…

• Rok vydání 1998

Thom Gunn's The Man with Night Sweats shows him writing at the height of his powers, equally in command of classical forms…

A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONMinsk, Lavinia Greenlaw's third collection, was shortlisted for the 2003 Whitbread…

\nWhat follows is a dangerous battle fuelled by love, grief and power. Marina Carr\'s adaptation of the infamous Greek myth…

\nASTEROID CITY (adapted from a \"hypothetical\" play) takes place in a fictional desert town, circa 1955. The itinerary of…

With films such as The Brood and Videodrome, David Cronenberg established himself as Canada's most provocative director.…

• Počet stran 336
• Rok vydání 2005

David Lynch erupted onto the cinema landscape with Eraserhead, establishing himself as one of the most original,…

'Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.'Gauguin's aphorism serves as the motto for this morality tale of two women,…

Poems 1988-1998 is a compendium from Jo Shapcott's award-winning books Electroplating the Baby, Phrase Book and My Life…

Midsummer's weekend in Edinburgh. It's raining. Bob's a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city's underworld.…

Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming of age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming…

• Rok vydání 2019

Larkin''s final collection of poems shows, as does all his best work, his ability to adapt contemporary speech rhythms and…

Whether you are a professional or amateur actor, classical or popular singer, politician, public speaker, or need to present…

The Pixels of Paul Cezanne is a collection of essays by Wim Wenders which he presents his observations and reflections on…

An invaluable analysis of the director's art and craft, from one of the most revered of all film school directors.…

Welcome to the lost worlds of British cinema. This book features a secret history of British movies that includes the…