Los cabellos de Absalón es uno de los dramas teatrales de Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Reelabora el relato bíblico de los hijos de David, la violación de su hija y el ajusticiamiento del hermano culpable a manos de Absalón. Pedro Calderón de la Barca es un escritor español nacido en Madrid en 1600. Dramaturgo por excelencia de las letras españolas, se le considera uno de los mayores exponentes del teatro español del Siglo de Oro. Con casi doscientas obras entre autos sacramentales, loas, entremeses y comedias, su producción se centra tanto en la religión como en el amor y el honor, temas estrella de su época y que él elevó a nuevas cotas de calidad y sensibilidad.
A pioneering study by Philip Timberlake, long ignored by mainstream scholarship, revealed the huge difference in the number of lines with feminine endings ...
Questioning the lengths people should go in the name of a cause, Timberlake Wertenbaker's Winter Hill premiered at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, in May 2017.
The Love of the Nightingale
Based on a historical incident.
Karen Cunningham looks at contemporary records of three prominent cases in order to demonstrate the degree to which the imagination was used to prove treason: the 1542 attainder of Katherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, charged with ...
This classic collection contains a new essay by Alan Bennett, besides the original introductions to A Private Function, Prick Up Your Ears and The Madness of King George.
When Lucy, an ordinary teenager, feels ignored by her family, she brings her childhood fantasy friend Zara back to life, only to have her materialize and bring with her a dream family for Lucy
Its greatest pleasure comes from Mr Plummer's taking you step by step through Lear's enormous changes in temperament and insight, and justifying every turn on both an intellectual and gut level. I have never seen an audience so ...
Cast: Matte Osian (Richard), Barry Smith (Bolingbroke), Frank O'Donnell (Gaunt), Kadina de Elejalde (Queen), Robert F. McCafferty (Northumberland), David W. Frank (York). Running time 93 minutes. An independent film shot on a disused ...
This edition also includes useful background information including the Potter family tree and a timeline of events from the Wizarding World prior to the beginning of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.