![]() ![]() “He also added a chorus of slaves in the play, which was not there in the original Greek version,” she said. ![]() Ferris said some differences in the two versions are in the way the characters celebrate and worship their god and in the use of music and ritual movements. Lesley Ferris, a professor in the Department of Theater. The modern version was written for the Royal London Company in England in 1986 by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Wole Soyinka from Nigeria.It tells a story about King Pentheus’ battle to keep a group of people from worshiping Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, fertility, and theater.”The story is basically the same, but because Soyinka is African, there are a lot of African characteristics added to the play,” said Dr. The combination of African and Greek cultures come together in a contemporary version of the original Greek play, “ The Bacchae,” written in 500 B.C. The Ohio State Department of Theatre will bring magic, music and dance to the stage of Drake Union in the play, “ Wole Soyinka‘s The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite,” which starts today and runs through Nov. A modern, mixed Bacchae offers wine, women and song ![]()
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![]() Over hyped, over rated, did not live up to my expectations.Įvery one of the 8 very short stories in this collection has a wonderful premise - vampires who thirst for something other than blood, team krill at the ice floe of Antarctica, women trapped in a Japanese factory, flocks of seagulls stealing the parts of our future we most need, dead presidents as stabled horses, etc. Seagull army descends on Strong Beach, 1979 -ĭougbert Shackleton's rules for Antarctic tailgating. Within these pages, a community of girls held captive in a Japanese silk factory slowly transmute into human silkworms and plot revolution a group of boys stumble upon a mutilated scarecrow that bears an uncanny resemblance to a missing classmate that they used to torment a family’s disastrous quest for land in the American West has grave consequences and in the marvelous title story, two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove try to slake their thirst for blood and come to terms with their immortal relationship. ![]() ![]() From the author of the novel Swamplandia!-a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-comes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that showcases the author’s gifts at their inimitable best. ![]() ![]() ![]() But then he saw that the whole bureaucracy there wants to stratify the division and take the credit for it. He invested and made millions for the firm. ![]() ![]() These vouchers valued the whole share market of Russia for less than Walmart. Russia, at that time, handed vouchers to the citizens to be eligible for equity.Finding no other team to join, he declared himself the in-charge of Russia. He, then, joined the Salomon Brothers in London. Later, the company turned out to be a big accounting fraud. While trying to establish himself as an authority on Eastern Europe investments, he came across and joined Maxwell.He, using his Polish friends, decided to apply to invest 2000$ (all of his net worth then). While helping restructure a failing bus company in Poland, he came across a privatization offer.This was the 90s and these countries were just getting out of the shadow of communism. He insisted on working in Eastern Europe. ![]() Bill as a rebel towards his family decided to go into capitalism. His father suffered discrimination because this guy’s grandfather was the leader of the communist party of America. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Twitter postings will not turn your thoughts into bullet points and Twitter postings. I want Pinker to say much more here, which he could had he the space. Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain." Pinker writes this to state that constant Twittering will not shape the brain so much as Carr thinks it will, but will make the person into a more effective Twitterer. "The existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. I think Pinker has set up a straw man here. Pinker writes: "If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting." But I don't see Carr making that far-reaching of a claim. The person who does not wish to be criticized for what they say will end up saying nothing. Indeed, every work that strongly puts forth a truth claim that is wide-ranging will be and should subjected to critique. I am much-taken by Carr's book, but realize that there will be criticism. Harvard's Steven Pinker reviews Nicholas Carr's The Shallows here. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Guyanan intellectual Walter Rodney wrote this book directly after the 1960s wave of African independence declarations, to show why Africa was so underdeveloped compared to the 'First World', and who was to blame for this. ![]() ![]() This meticulously researched analysis of the abiding repercussions of European colonialism on the continent of Africa has not only informed decades of scholarship and activism, it remains an indispensable study for grasping global inequality today. In his magnum opus, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Rodney incisively argues that grasping "the great divergence" between the west and the rest can only be explained as the exploitation of the latter by the former. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana, the 38-year-old Rodney would be assassinated. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. ![]() The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. ![]() ![]() It's pretty self-contained and easy to follow plot-wise, and you don't have to hit as many cosmerical beats to keep things consistent. Those scenes would translate pretty well to a Lego form.įrom a broader adaption perspective, Skyward would be a pretty great property to get the Sando movies rolling. Imagine M-Bot's dialogue, or Spensa sneaking into Rodge's room. I feel that the goofiness inherent in the Lego Movie style would actually match a lot within Skyward. Ha ha! That would be fantastic, and though I can't imagine it ever happening, it'd be pretty nifty. What do you think? Do you agree or do you think it would look dumb? Also I feel like Spensa could totally look like a Lego figure. I’ll be honest, part of my reason for Lego is that starship explosions would look awesome. ![]() ![]() Not a goofy Lego movie, like all the rest, but one with a more serious tone. Now you might ask, “What sort of format or type of adaptation would this be? Would it be live-action or animated? Would it be a movie or a tv series?” The answer would be an animated movie, but a specific type of animation. If you were to ask me what Sanderson work I would most like to be adapted, the answer wouldn’t be a Cosmere novel. Any information you publish in a comment, profile, work, or Content that you post or import onto AO3 including in summaries, notes and tags, will be accessible. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I will always be there to catch you when you fall. And I will end this curse…by doing whatever…or killing whoever…I have to.” ![]() “A thousand sweet words can never disguise the rattle of a viper about to strike. And if you don’t fight for it, then it slips through your fingers.” UnEnchanted (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale) by Chanda Hahn - View book on Bookshelves at Online Book Club - Bookshelves is an awesome, free web app that lets you easily save and share lists of books and see what books are trending. “Do you really not know the reason why I came? I came back for you. His face filled with emotion, and his own eyes looked to be just as tear-filled. However, nothing can prepare Mina for the dangerous obstacles she will face in the Fae world, or the choices she must make when love and life are on the line When something precious is stolen from sixteen-year-old Mina Grime, she will do anything in her power to get it back, even if it means traveling to the dangerous Fae plane and battling one of the strongest fairy-tale villains yet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately she is fired and, at the same time, must meet increasing financial demands by the Thénardiers. In Montreuil, Fantine finds a job in Madeleine's factory and attains a modicum of prosperity. On the road, she entrusts her daughter to an innkeeper and his wife, the Thénardiers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alone and burdened with an illegitimate child, she is on the way back to her hometown of Montreuil, to find a job. Next, Hugo introduces the pathetic young girl Fantine. Madeleine he starts a factory and brings prosperity to the town of Montreuil. After one more theft, Jean Valjean does indeed repent. With a pious lie, he convinces them that the convict has promised to reform. When the police bring him back, the bishop protects his errant guest by pretending that the silverware is a gift. Valjean repays his host's hospitality by stealing his silverware. Only the saintly bishop, Monseigneur Myriel, welcomes him. At Digne, he is repeatedly refused shelter for the night. Jean Valjean, after spending nineteen years in jail and in the galleys for stealing a loaf of bread and for several attempts to escape, is finally released, but his past keeps haunting him. Part 5: Jean Valjean: Book III, Chapters 10-12, Book IV.Part 5: Jean Valjean: Book II-Book III, Chapters 1-9.Part 5: Jean Valjean: Book I, Chapters 11-24.Part 5: Jean Valjean: Book I, Chapters 1-10.Part 2: Cosette: Book IV-Book V, Chapters 1-5. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was at Fort House, now Bleak House, on his last long holiday in Broadstairs that he wrote 'Our English Watering Place' published in August 1852 and standing as a permanent reminder of his affection for the town. He also stayed at Lawn House, which is now Archway House, where he wrote part of Barnaby Ridge and finally at Fort House where he spent the majority of his holidays in Broadstairs and wrote part of 'American Notes', 'David Copperfield' and 'The Haunted Man'. Having come to stay in Broadstairs in 1837 when he was twenty-five and already famous, with 'Pickwick Papers' the first of his novels, appearing in fortnightly parts the year before.Īfter lodging at 12, High Street, where he worked on 'Pickwick', he took a house, which is now part of The Royal Albion Hotel, where he finished 'Nicholas Nickleby'. ![]() He wrote "Our English Watering Place" in 1851. ![]() ![]() But all that is blown to smithereens when Nergal comes looking for him, thinking that Sik holds the secret to eternal life.Turns out Sik is immortal but doesnt know it, and thats about to get him and the entire city into deep, deep trouble. Chadda brings attention to the less well-recognized mythology of ancient Mesopotamia with engaging humor and wit.- Kirkus Reviews Thirteen-year-old Sik wants a simple life going to school and helping at his parents deli in the evenings. ![]() About the Book Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology- Book Synopsis Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents CITY OF THE PLAGUE GOD, an adventure based on ancient Mesopotamian mythology written by Sarwat Chadda, author of the Ash Mistry series. ![]() |