DOC Brief Encounter (Modern Plays) by Noeuml;l Coward in Arts-Photography

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I believe in this. I believe in here. Me and you.dagger;?Everyday life; is it nothing but a series of creeping; soul-destroying disillusionments and compromises? This young couple start to think so; falling further and further into a lyrical; wild and emotional world of their own; but their escape could prove much more dangerous than the conformity theyve rejected.Combining shrewd observation of the toils of daily living; with a keen and lyrical style; Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against a Brick Wall by exciting young playwright Brad Birch is sure to inspire and delight audiences and readers alike. Nineteen-year-old science genius Luke finally has some peace to work on the extraordinary box in his living room; holed up in a dingy flat on a near-abandoned Middlesbrough housing estate. After his unbalanced brother Rob introduces him to a wealthy out-of-towner theyre thrown into a dangerous world that threatens to tear the brothers apart and unleash the power inside his invention.Brilliant Adventures is a fast paced tale of brotherhood; addiction and breaking the laws of physics. Commemorating the centenary year of the death of suffragette martyr Emily Wilding Davison; the first full professional production in more than thirty-five years of Pam Gems feminist classic Dusa; Fish; Stas and Vi.Four determinedly liberated ndash; and very different ndash; women ricochet around a tiny shared flat; while trying to pull together the shattered strands of their lives: Dusa is struggling to regain her children from their father; Fish is losing her lover to another woman; Stas is on the game to finance the course she wants to study at university; while Vi steadfastly refuses to eat....A bitingly sardonic modern classic; widely regarded as an historic icon of early feminism; Dusa; Fish; Stas and Vi was first seen at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1976 under the title Dead Fish; Michael Codron transferred the play to the West End under its new title where it enjoyed a huge success and established Pam Gems as a major new voice in British theatre Life drawing is a passionate and rewarding pursuit; which inspires a wide range of styles from photographic to abstract. This practical book; packed with images and enjoyable exercises; is designed for the beginner or untutored group and the more experienced artist or teacher. It encoruages students to overcome their fears and expand their mark-making vocabulary. Covers: how to achieve accurate proportions; using line and tone; an awareness of body structure; experimenting with different tools; marks and textures; developing a personal style. Both a troubleshooting handbook and reference work; Life Drawing celebrates the individuality of the artist and the model; and is essential reading for anyone drawing the human figure. Botanical Illustration is an introduction to the marrying of art and science in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material. This book builds on the work of illustrators of the past; ranging from Elizabeth Blackwell; whose drawings helped to release her husband from debtors prison; through to the exceptional scientific drawings of Beatrix Potter. It deals with the practical art and the related botany of the subject. Introduction to basic botany; preparation of plant material for drawing; use of pencil; watercolour; coloured pencil and pen and ink; suggested topics for further study; correcting mistakes and finishing touches. Invaluable for beginners and skilled artists alike; and an excellent reference book for teachers. Superbly illustrated with 216 colour illustrations.Valerie Oxley is a freelance tutor who has inspired students worldwide with her enthusiasm for natural history and plant illustration. Interior design is a multidiscipline profession blending spatial; technical and aesthetic knowledge. The skill involved in manipulating these elements to solve specific design problems is intrinsically linked to drawing. Interior Design Drawing explores all aspects of this vital design skill; from sketching to record information; through orthographics and development to analyse the problem; to presentation drawing to communicate the solution.Explore the role of drawing in the design process; understand the main orthographic drawings; use line; tone and colour across 2D and 3D drawings; add texture and atmosphere to drawings; consider aspects of composition and presentation of a set of drawings; an overview of how drawing relates to the process of interior design. This guide covers sketching to record information; elevation and projection; and making final presentation drawings to communicate solutions to clients.Fully illustrated with over 100 colour illustrations.Alan Hughes has an MA in Interior Architecture and has taught at undergraduate and post-graduate levels for many institutions. The origins of raku can be traced back hundreds of years to Japan; where it was used as the traditional method of creating clay bowls for the tea ceremony. Over the years potters have embraced and adapted the methods; celebrating the remarkable but unpredictable results achieved using raku techniques.The author; who has specialized in raku for over twenty years; considers the origins of raku before offering over 300 glaze recipes. A selection of other potters also share their ideas; and with one hundred photographs of raku-fired pieces; Fired Up With Raku offers inspiration to all potters and is an invaluable source of information and advice for all ceramicists. Includes over 300 glaze recipes. Superbly illustrated with one hundred colour photographs of raku-fired pieces. Irene Poulton has specialized in raku firing for over twenty years and her work is exhibited in both Australia and the USA. In this book Antonio Tentori tells you everything about Italian Gothic and horror movies; providing plot synopses and all kind of informations; while co-author Luigi Cozzi writes his own personal rememberings about directors Riccardo Freda; Lucio Fulci; Pupi Avati; Antonio Margheriti; Umberto Lenzi; Joe DAmato and Michele Soavi. Celebrity Feuds! dishes the dirt with in-depth stories of every word uttered; letter written; or fist swung from the cantankerous stars first calamitous encounters to their deathbed declarations. Exposing the shocking tactics of the most bitter rivals in the entertainment industry and the vindictive; unseen ire of our favorite stars; this book reveals Hollywood with all its claws bared. What are the political and aesthetic dimensions of video art; documentary; and global cinema in contemporary image culture? Lynes makes visible how sites of political struggle; exploitation; and armed conflict can be interpreted through a feminist politics of location; attentive to the frictions and flows within transnational circuits of exchange. Wooden sculptures and relief paintings of saints such as St. Francis; the Blessed Virgin; and Apostles of Christ have for centuries been objects of devotion and worship in the Southwest Catholic culture. This centuries-old heritage is celebrated here through photographs; essay; and literary quotes that beautifully bring the devotion into focus.Crafting saints has always been seen as a high calling. These santeros and santeras (saint makers) created santosmdash;images of saints; Christ; the Trinity; and Holy Familymdash;painting them on wooden panels called retablos. They carved and painted wooden sculptures called bultos. And if they built a home chapel; they carved and painted an altar screen; or altar retablo; called a reredos; that was made up of smaller retablos and sometimes adorned with bultos.John Annerino is the author and photographer of seventeen distinguished photography books and thirty-two single-artist calendars; including The Virgin of Guadalupe (Gibbs Smith); Ancient America; New Mexico Wild Scenic; Arizona Wild Scenic; and the awardwinning books Desert Light; Indian Country; Grand Canyon Wild; Canyons of the Southwest; The Wild Country of Mexico; and Roughstock: The Toughest Events in Rodeo (acclaimed by the Rodeo Hall of Fame). He lives in Tucson. In virtually all the countries of the world; men; and to a lesser extent women; are today dressed in very similar clothing. This book gives a compelling account and analysis of the process by which this has come about. At the same time it takes seriously those places where; for whatever reason; this process has not occurred; or has been reversed; and provides explanations for these developments. The first part of this story recounts how the cultural; political and economic power of Europe and; from the later nineteenth century North America; has provided an impetus for the adoption of whatever was at that time standard Western dress. Set against this; Robert Ross shows how the adoption of European style dress; or its rejection; has always been a political act; performed most frequently in order to claim equality with colonial masters; more often a male option; or to stress distinction from them; which women; perhaps under male duress; more frequently did. The book takes a refreshing global perspective to its subject; with all continents and many countries being discussed. It investigates not merely the symbolic and message-bearing aspects of clothing; but also practical matters of production and; equally importantly; distribution. Manual de Joseacute; Ignacio Valenzuela para la realizacioacute;n de telenovelas. De Ignacio Valenzuela; seleccionado por la revista #About.com# de The New York Times como uno de los 10 mejores escritores latinoamericanos menores de 40 antilde;os; cuenta con varios libros juveniles publicados de corte policiaco. Su novela Malamor fue postulada al Premio Altazor. Una herramienta para comprender mejor queacute; son las telenovelas. Con claridad en la exposicioacute;n y afaacute;n didaacute;ctico el novelista y afamado escritor de telenovelas Joseacute; Ignacio Valenzuela nos muestra a traveacute;s de ocho clases praacute;cticas con conceptos y ejemplos reales; los entresijos de la creacioacute;n del geacute;nero televisivo de maacute;s eacute;xito global. Ademaacute;s nos ofrece un praacute;ctico glosario de teacute;rminos; una bibliografiacute;a muy completa; una serie de links de intereacute;s; asiacute; como un listado de todas las telenovelas mencionadas. A modo de manual con varios ejercicios y de forma aacute;gil; el autor muestra el coacute;mo y el porqueacute; de las telenovelas; cuaacute;les son sus diferencias; coacute;mo ha sido su evolucioacute;n; hacia doacute;nde va un geacute;nero que ha sido parte de nuestra educacioacute;n sentimental y es el uacute;nico entretenimiento de millones de personas en todo el mundo. Dream is a central image for Shakespeare; encompassing at once the terrors of the irrational and the creative powers of the imagination—ones deepest fears and highest aspirations. Used in the early plays as a verbal or structural device; dream becomes; in the tragedies and late romances; a transforming experience which leads the dreamer toward a moment of self-awareness. In this illuminating study; now reissued with a new preface by the author; Marjorie Garber skillfully charts the development of Shakespeares use of dream from the opening lines of Richard III to the magic of A Midsummer Nightrsquo;s Dream to Hamletrsquo;s most famous soliloquy. What makes strolling down a particular street enjoyable? The authors of Measuring Urban Design argue its not an idle question. Inviting streets are the centerpiece of thriving; sustainable communities; but it can be difficult to pinpoint the precise design elements that make an area appealing. This accessible guide removes the mystery; providing clear methods to measure urban design. In recent years; many walking audit instruments" have been developed to measure qualities like building height; block length; and sidewalk width. But while easily quantifiable; these physical features do not fully capture the experience of walking down a street. In contrast; this book addresses broad perceptions of street environments. It provides operational definitions and measurement protocols of five intangible qualities of urban design; specifically imageability; visual enclosure; human scale; transparency; and complexity. The result is a reliable field survey instrument grounded in constructs from architecture; urban design; and planning. Readers will also find a case study applying the instrument to 588 streets in New York City; which shows that it can be used effectively to measure the built environments impact on social; psychological; and physical well-being. Finally; readers will find illustrated; step-by-step instructions to use the instrument and a scoring sheet for easy calculation of urban design quality scores. For the first time; researchers; designers; planners; and lay people have an empirically tested tool to measure those elusive qualities that make us want to take a stroll. Urban policymakers and planners as well as students in urban policy; design; and environmental health will find the tools and methods in Measuring Urban Design especially useful.