[PDF] The Southbury Child eBook

Author : Stephen Beresford
Publisher : Nick Hern Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2022-06-16
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ISBN : 9781848429741

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Raffish, urbane and frequently drunk, David Highland has kept a grip on his remote coastal parish through a combination of disordered charm and high-handed determination. When his faith impels him to take a hard line with a bereaved parishioner, he finds himself dangerously isolated from public opinion. As his own family begins to fracture, David must face a future that threatens to extinguish not only his position in the town, but everything he stands for. Stephen Beresford's play The Southbury Child is a darkly comic drama exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society, and the rituals that punctuate our lives. It was co-produced by Chichester Festival Theatre and the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022, starring Alex Jennings and directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Author : Ed Edelson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,74 MB
Release : 2021-11-08
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ISBN : 9781736247921

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How should your community respond when an organized group known for spreading hatred of others announces it wants to build a training camp in your town? It is a big question that ten-year old Lois must consider when it happens in her town where her Father is a respected minister. Based on a true story that happened in Southbury, CT in 1937, the story begins with members of the German American Bund, an American organization based on the teachings of Adolph Hitler, confronting Lois's father to try to convince him to support the building of a large camp on private land. Lois understands that her Father is conflicted. With her encouragement, she convinces him that he should preach about this to his congregants the next Sunday. This sets in motion events that result in the peaceful termination of the plans for building the training camp.The book comes with an introduction for Parents and Teachers to help put this story in context. In addition, the moving illustrations by Betty Ann Medeiros help the reader understand the world Lois finds herself in November 1937.The author, Ed Edelson, was First Selectman (Mayor) of Southbury from 2011 through 2015. Along with Rabbi Eric Polokoff and Reverend Shannon Wall, they revived the story through the production of a documentary film that has resonated with adults and older children. Ed was convinced that a younger audience needed to learn the important lessons that can be gleaned from the real events. This book is the result of what he learned from both the oral and written history developed as part of making and screening the documentary film. The film was first shown in 2012 to commemorate the 75th anniversary. The Southbury story became part of an important exhibit at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Author : Stephen Beresford
Publisher : NHB Modern Plays
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,58 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Absentee fathers
ISBN : 9781848429772

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When Patrick is eight years old, his absent father returns unexpectedly for a brief but memorable encounter. Years later - recalling that meeting, and the revelations that followed - Patrick traces the events of his father's life, laying bare a journey of grandiose plans, aching disappointments and audacious self-delusion. Three Kings by Stephen Beresford is a heartbreaking and hilarious play for a solo actor about fathers and sons, the gifts and burdens of inheritance, and the unfathomable puzzle of human relationships. It was written for Andrew Scott to perform as part of Old Vic: In Camera, a series of live performances streamed from the Old Vic Theatre, London, in 2020. This edition includes an introduction by the director Matthew Warchus. 'A knockout - entertaining, sad and outrageous. [Stephen Beresford] is going to be a major name' Observer on The Last of the Haussmans

Author : Natalie Meisner
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,91 MB
Release : 2020-05-20
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780369100825

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A play based on the author's personal search with her wife for a sperm donor, which she also wrote about in her memoir Double Pregnant: Two Lesbians Make a Family.

Author : David Hare
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0571363059

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For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses was the most powerful man in New York. Though never elected to office, he manipulated those who were through a mix of guile, charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City's workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. But in the 1950s, groups of citizens began to organize against his schemes and against the motor car, campaigning for a very different idea of what a city should be. David Hare's blazing account of a man - played by Ralph Fiennes - whose iron will exposed the weakness of democracy in the face of charismatic conviction, premieres at the Bridge Theatre, London, in March 2022.

Author : Ryan SanAngelo
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2009
Category : City and town life
ISBN : 9781590787786

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Suitable for those who love spaghetti, this title offers numerous and humorous ways to use pasta.

Author : Betsy Everitt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 13,13 MB
Release : 1995-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152002275

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Horace feels really mean at the end of a bad day, until he helps his mother make Mean Soup.

Author : Terry Murphy
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 35,15 MB
Release : 2018-04-26
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ISBN : 9780692104453

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How can we, in this crazy world, teach children to be kind? How can we gently guide them to seek their peace of mind?How can we help them understand the differences in others? How can they begin to accept we are all sisters and brothers?Follow Soulful Sydney as she meets the girl next door And together they set out to wander and explore. What they find is just beyond the Gratitude Garden gate.Come along and join the fun--new adventures here await.

Author : Stephen Beresford
Publisher : NHB Modern Plays
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2012
Category : English drama
ISBN : 9781848422520

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A bold new play that explores the excesses of the baby boomer generation and the price of free love.

Author : Marilyn Sadler
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,34 MB
Release : 1996
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ISBN : 9780140553352

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When Mr. Fudwinkle tells Alistair's class to bring in the most unusual plant they can find, Alistair decides to cruise the galaxies for the most unusual plant in the entire universe. But Alistair doesn't count on aliens invading Earth