This introduction to the performance potential of one of Shakespeare's most theatrically exciting plays provides extensive commentary that explores the challenges faced by actors and directors and encourages readers to engage imaginatively with Shakespeare's words. Chapters on stage, film and critical history combine to form a comprehensive study.
Focusing on the experiences of children at the YMCA, this book features characters and locations inspired by real individuals and animals associated with the organization. It highlights various jobs and facilities within the YMCA, making it relatable and engaging for young readers. Through its narrative, the book aims to educate and entertain, showcasing the community and activities that define the YMCA experience.
Paying Freedom's Price provides a comprehensive yet brief and readable history of the role of African Americans-both slave and free-from the decade leading up to the Civil War until its immediate aftermath.
Paul Prescott presents an engaging account of the ways in which theatre critics have responded to Shakespeare over four centuries.
Spain and the United States both experienced extremely bloody and divisive civil wars that left social and emotional wounds, many of which still endure today. In Uncommonly Savage, award-winning historian Paul Escott considers the impact of internecine violence on memory and ideology, politics, and process of reconciliation.