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Actors! Engage your mind and your body in order to develop your characters fully. The Lucid Body technique breaks up stagnant movement patterns and expands your emotional and physical range. Through energy analysis, this program shows how to use physical training to create characters from all walks of life - however cruel, desolate, or neurotic those characters may be.

In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved. Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid. The golden world of Portia's Belmont calls forth some of Shakespeare's most lyrical love poetry. But the dark shadow of Shylock is never far from the heart of this brilliant comedy as it moves toward its courtroom climax.

This shattering drama of isolation and loss is one of the greatest tragedies in world literature. King Lear of Britain has three daughters: the hard-hearted Goneril and Regan, and the good and gentle Cordelia. He determines to divide his kingdom between them, giving the largest share to she who can say she loves him the best. Lear's tragic lack of judgment and self-knowledge is paralleled by the blindness of the loyal Gloucester who is persuaded to reject his virtuous son, Edgar, in favor of the villainous Edmund.

In the Greek legend, a sculptor, Pygmalion, created a statue of a woman so beautiful that he fell in love with it. Later the goddess Aphrodite responded to his earnest prayers and brought the statue, named Galatea, to life. Shaw's Pygmalion is a fussy unmarried professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins, who claims that he could train an uneducated person off the street to speak so that he or she could pass as a member of the aristocracy. His Galatea is Eliza Doolittle, who sells flowers at Covent Garden and whose father is a dissipated but cunning vagrant.

"Nutcracker and Mouse King" is a classic German Christmas story written by E. T. A. Hoffmann, first published in 1816. The tale is known for its adaptation into the popular ballet "The Nutcracker" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.The story revolves around a young girl named Marie Stahlbaum, who receives a special wooden nutcracker doll as a Christmas gift from her godfather, Drosselmeyer. Marie's family is hosting a Christmas Eve party, and during the festivities, the nutcracker is broken by her brother Fritz. Later that night, Marie returns to the living room to check on her beloved nutcracker, ...

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Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal leads an all-star cast including Oscar winner Kevin Kline (President David Murray) and four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (First Lady Katherine Murray) in a performance of this hilarious and poignant story about a man desperately scrambling to put his affairs in order: to save his presidency, his marriage, his relationship with his daughter – and possibly his life.

Lovecraft Country meets True Blood in this new series from award-winning producers Tonia Ransom and Jen Zink. In season one, a small East Texas town suffers supernatural disasters caused by a demonic book bound in human flesh...and only hoodoo can save the town from its affliction.

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This in-depth exploration of Nora Roberts' life and career offers listeners a comprehensive look at the woman who transformed the romance genre. From her early days as a young mother in Maryland to her status as a literary powerhouse, the episode traces Roberts' remarkable journey. It highlights her innovative storytelling techniques, her venture into different subgenres, and her creation of the J.D. Robb pseudonym. The narrative also touches on Roberts' writing process, her impact on the publishing industry, and her philanthropic efforts. Fans and newcomers alike will gain a deeper ...

The Spanish Tragedy, or Hieronimo is Mad Again is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Thomas Kyd between 1582 and 1592. Highly popular and influential in its time, The Spanish Tragedy established a new genre in English theatre, the revenge play or revenge tragedy. Its plot contains several violent murders and includes as one of its characters a personification of Revenge. The Spanish Tragedy was often referred to (or parodied) in works written by other Elizabethan playwrights, including William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe. Many elements of The Spanish Tragedy, such as the ...

Goethe’s two-part dramatic work, Faust, based on a traditional theme, and finally completed in 1831, is an exploration of that restless intellectual and emotional urge which found its fullest expression in the European Romantic movement, to which Goethe was an early and major contributor. Part I of the work outlines a pact Faust makes with the devil, Mephistopheles, and encompasses the tragedy of Gretchen, whom Faust seduces.

Vous avez décidé de pousser la porte du manoir, êtes-vous sûr(e) de vouloir y entrer ? Vous vous souvenez des contes de la crypte ? Cette bonne vieille odeur de caveau et ces épisodes délicieusement frissonnants ? Pas de nostalgie : plongez dans mon univers gothique et rencontrez mes fantômes, créatures et autres monstres venus du monde entier. Ils ne mordent (presque) pas ! Ma galerie des horreurs est nourrie de faits réels, de témoignages ou de légendes urbaines dont je m'inspire librement autour du paranormal. Chaque épisode est écrit, composé et raconté par mes soins, ...

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love in unexpected ways. In the woods outside Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves into couples - but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. The king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy. Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, in an effort to distract Titania from the custody battle.

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Riding into the wild west of gunfighters, tales of cattle drives, and Sheriffs.Tales of rough and rowdy adventures of those hero's of the wild west

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ਸਾਡੀ 10-ਐਪੀਸੋਡ ਪੋਡਕਾਸਟ ਲੜੀ "ਹੀਰ" ਨਾਲ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਤਿਆਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਓ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਹੀਰ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਂਝੇ ਦੀ ਮਹਾਂਕਾਵਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਦੀ ਪੜਚੋਲ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਕਵੀ ਵਾਰਿਸ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਮੂਲ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਾਠ ਦੇ ਨਾਟਕੀ ਪਾਠਾਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਅਸੀਂ ਪਿਆਰ, ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਅਤੇ ...

James Hawkins helps his mom run a motel in modern day Montauk, Long Island. But when a mysterious man washes up on the beach with a treasure map tattooed on his chest, James discovers that Billy Bones is, in fact, a time traveling pirate from the 18th century. James and his new friends, Morgan and Max, follow the map right into a magical portal that leads them back nearly three hundred years and back into a swashbuckling adventure. For more great shows, visit GZMshows.com.

Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, is a tragedy that has been enjoyed for centuries. This drama is an absolute must for any scholar, student, drama lover, or classical literature fan. Here, you will find the unabridged and complete version of the work.